A century has passed since the Komagata Maru arrived in Vancouver. Its
arrival was a direct challenge to Canada’s immigration laws, which
barred immigrants from India – yet the nearly four hundred Punjabi
passengers on board the ship had been promised equality with all other
British subjects, and they arrived to claim that right. For two
months, the passengers were harassed by immigration officials and
endured extreme physical hardship, until finally they were forced to
return to India. Once forgotten, today the incident is a strong symbol
of policies that Canada now rejects. The Voyage of the Komagata Maru
is an extensive revision, reappraisal, and expansion of Hugh
Johnston’s authoritative history of the Komagata Maru incident,
first published in 1979. This updated edition draws in new research
– exploring the legal issues surrounding the incident and delving
deeper into the motives of the passengers and their leaders and
supporters – and revisits the previous edition’s assessments in
light of insight gained over the intervening decades. Now expanded by
more than 50 percent, The Voyage of the Komagata Maru is still the
only comprehensive historical account of the Komagata Maru incident
– a story of immigration, empire, politics, and human rights, which
Canadians increasingly recognize as a critical moment in this
country’s history.
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ISBN
9780774825498
Publisert
2020
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Utgiver
University of British Columbia Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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