Jewels of the Qila

The Remarkable Story of an Indo-Canadian Family

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

AvHugh J.M. Johnston,Hugh J. M. Johnston,Hugh J M Johnston

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In Jewels of the Qila, Hugh Johnston draws on memoirs and interviews, newspaper articles and photographs, to tell the story of three generations of a remarkable Sikh family and the communities they lived in and supported in both Canada and India.The Siddoos are Punjabi. Kapoor Singh, father and grandfather, arrived in British Columbia in 1912 and had to overcome racial prejudice and legal discrimination to transform himself from labourer to lumber baron. As he campaigned for citizenship and immigration rights for his people, he and his wife, Besant Kaur, fostered in their daughters a vision of service and activism that, as adults, they fulfilled by establishing a family-run hospital in Punjab and by introducing a Westernized version of an Indian spiritual tradition to Canada.The Siddoos are the heart of the story, but their history tells a larger tale of an immigrant community's triumphs and tribulations and the strong connection that Indo-Canadians continue to forge with their homeland.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2012-07-01
Mått152 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt480 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor336
FörlagUniversity of British Columbia Press
ISBN9780774822176

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Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik
Socialhistoria och kulturhistoria inom Historia och arkeologi
Migration inom Samhälle och politik
Etnicitet inom Samhälle och politik
Amerikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi

IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgments1 Pioneers2 Jagirdar Families3 Emigrant Jathas4 Settling in Canada5 Trouble in British Columbia6 Refuge in Ontario7 Lumber Business8 Women and Children at Mayo Siding9 Village Life in Canada and India10 Ending a Partnership: Life in the City11 Citizens without Votes12 A Real United Nations in Practice13 Lessons about India and Spirituality14 The Hospital at Aur15 Finding a Teacher and Losing a Father16 Marriages and Losing a Mother17 Canada and India18 The Span of a CenturyNotesIndex

Hugh Johnston swept me away on the long arc of his narrative ... Jewels of the Qila is a deeply researched and engagingly written story of an unconventional family sustained by faith, friendships made and tested in Canada, and concern for the welfare of the people of India. - Shauna Singh Baldwin, author of What the Body Remembers and The Tiger Claw Johnston's vast knowledge of Canadian immigration history has resulted in a book that will long set the standard for those aspiring to recover the social history of British Columbia. - Harjot S. Oberoi, Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia Jewels of the Qila is not just a success story about one unusual family. This is a splendidly serious, smart and multifaceted investigation of events and characters in both India and Canada. Using Kapoor [Singh Siddoo]'s wide-ranging life as a prism, Johnston has provided an authoritative and engaging overview of Sikhs in B.C. (BC BookWorld, Autumn 2012)