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Faced with discrimination, early Chinese immigrants had little choice but to create their own economic niche in Canada. From the turn of the twentieth century into the 1950s, generations of Chinese immigrants toiled as laundry workers. This book poignantly describes why the Chinese laundry remains a symbol of hard work, sacrifice and enduring hardship.Ban Seng Hoe is the author of 'Enduring Hardship: The Chinese Laundry in Canada (Mercury Series (0316-1854))', published 2004 under ISBN 9780660190785 and ISBN 0660190788.
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