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In the Sea of Sterile Mountains: The Chinese in British Columbia is a 1974 book by James Morton, published by J. J. Douglas. It discusses the Chinese community in British Columbia from 1858 until 1971.

The book uses six documentaries and secondary sources total, while its remaining sources are newspaper articles and editorials.

Reception

Robert L. Worden, the author of a book review written for The Journal of Asian Studies, wrote that despite some issues with methodology and minor errors, "Morton's book is a good presentation of how British Columbians reacted to the Chinese".

Samantha J. Scott, the author of "Text as Discourse: The Chinese in Canada in Historiographical Perspective," criticized the lack of footnotes, the sourcing methodology, "explicit dialogue with previous texts," and the sourcing itself; Scott asserted that therefore "the conclusions drawn consequently appear unreliable." She argued, "Morton relies at random upon a very minute selection of newspaper articles and government records for which there is little accountability since the work is devoid of footnotes."

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References

Notes

  1. Worden, p. 347.
  2. Worden, p. 348.
  3. ^ Scott, p. 75.
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