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OverviewWith tales of a gruesome murder, a typhoid epidemic, corrupt politicians, and a Japanese invasion, The Writing on the Wall was intended to shock its readers when it was published in 1921. Thinly disguised as a novel, it is a propaganda tract exhorting white British Columbians to greater vigilance to prevent greedy politicians from selling out to the Chinese and Japanese. It was also designed to convince eastern Canada of British Columbia's need for protections against an onslaught of the 'yellow peril.' This novel is not exceptional in its extreme racism; it reiterates almost every anti-oriental clich circulating in British Columbia at the time of its publication. While modern readers will find the story horrifying and unbelievable, it is in fact based on real incidents. Many of the views expressed were only exaggerated versions of ideas held throughout the country about non-Anglo-Saxon immigrants. The Writing on the Wall is a vivid illustration of the fear and prejudice with which immigrants were regarded in the early twentieth century. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Hilda Glynn-Ward , Patricia RoyPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 21.50cm Weight: 0.260kg ISBN: 9781442611351ISBN 10: 1442611359 Pages: 150 Publication Date: 04 January 2010 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationHilda Glynn-Ward was the literary pseudonym of Mrs Hilda G. Howard (1887-1966). Of Welsh birth, she came to Canada in 1910 and spent most of her life on southern Vancouver Island. She was a prolific writer of prose and poetry, and her best known work is The Glamour of British Columbia, a travel book published in 1926. Patricia E. Roy is a professor emeritus of the Department of History at the University of Victoria. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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