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Ethnic and social divides within the BC salmon canning industry : a study of the North Pacific Cannery Moon, Connor
Abstract
British Columbia’s fishing industry rose to great success over the course of the twentieth century, but in spite of its overall achievement, the industry’s workers faced massive differences in access to opportunity and economic provisions. This essay examines the employment characteristics of BC’s fishing industry, by conducting a case study of the North Pacific Cannery, to reveal how ethnic and social divides at once separated workers while unifying and strengthening the industry as a whole. An examination of the differing Native, Chinese, Japanese, White and Female groups will serve to demonstrate how each group was assigned a role within the cannery as the product of individual historical and social experiences. Each group was subject to differing adversities that ultimately contributed to their overall success or lack thereof, but ultimately, the sum of these differences helped create the fishing industry as it came to be. The specific combination of roles and duties assigned to each group is ultimately deemed to be an integral player in creating the behemoth that the BC fishing industry came to be.
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| Title |
Ethnic and social divides within the BC salmon canning industry : a study of the North Pacific Cannery
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| Creator | |
| Date Issued |
2015-04-07
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| Description |
British
Columbia’s
fishing
industry
rose
to
great
success
over
the
course
of
the
twentieth
century,
but
in
spite
of
its
overall
achievement,
the
industry’s
workers
faced
massive
differences
in
access
to
opportunity
and
economic
provisions.
This
essay
examines
the
employment
characteristics
of
BC’s
fishing
industry,
by
conducting
a
case
study
of
the
North
Pacific
Cannery,
to
reveal
how
ethnic
and
social
divides
at
once
separated
workers
while
unifying
and
strengthening
the
industry
as
a
whole.
An
examination
of
the
differing
Native,
Chinese,
Japanese,
White
and
Female
groups
will
serve
to
demonstrate
how
each
group
was
assigned
a
role
within
the
cannery
as
the
product
of
individual
historical
and
social
experiences.
Each
group
was
subject
to
differing
adversities
that
ultimately
contributed
to
their
overall
success
or
lack
thereof,
but
ultimately,
the
sum
of
these
differences
helped
create
the
fishing
industry
as
it
came
to
be.
The
specific
combination
of
roles
and
duties
assigned
to
each
group
is
ultimately
deemed
to
be
an
integral
player
in
creating
the
behemoth
that
the
BC
fishing
industry
came
to
be.
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| Type | |
| Language |
eng
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| Series | |
| Date Available |
2015-05-11
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| Provider |
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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| Rights |
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada
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| DOI |
10.14288/1.0103580
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| URI | |
| Affiliation | |
| Campus | |
| Peer Review Status |
Unreviewed
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| Scholarly Level |
Undergraduate
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| Rights URI | |
| Aggregated Source Repository |
DSpace
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