$20 · Inside Chinatown: Ancient Culture in a New World

Inside Chinatown: Ancient Culture in a New World by Robert Amos and Kileasa Wong Hardcover, 2009, 152 pages. Victoria’s Chinatown is Canada’s oldest Chinese neighbourhood and has a lineage unbroken since 1858. With large-format colour photos and photocollages, Robert Amos and Kileasa Wong take you behind the doors of the 29 private clubs that make up the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, where you’ll see the gilded altars, antique art and ornate furniture that grace the meeting halls. Through stunning pictures and text in both Chinese and English, you will meet the club members and take an inside look at the culture of this complex community. See pictures Pickup in Langford Cross posted