Le livre et la bibliothèque: La quête des savoirs et de la culture. Mélanges offerts à Marcel Lajeunesse

data in this case was a form of technology for the production of non-citizenship. Such data is an incredible resource in the form of a historical archive, but also serves to highlight how personal data and other features of the state sanctioned mass capture continues to be used today, such as toward the Uighur minority in China. The CI 9s also reveal what previous researchers know already about the Chinese migrant community in Canada: almost all the photos were of men. But there are exceptions, and it is the uncovering of these stories that captivated this reader. Cho details examples of photographs of white women, of white women and children, of Chinese women and children, of children alone, and demonstrates the complicated nature of family and kinship ties via a regime that sought to deter such relationships. Indeed, white women who married Chinese men entered a legal limbo in which they could vote as citizens but who also had to travel with their families, marked as Chinese. Their sons and daughters were considered Chinese and thus these kinship ties did not produce citizens, yet another way the state enforced non-citizenry. There is a humanity to Mass Capture that I found quite moving. Cho writes with such passion as she attempts to interject agency and signs of resistance in this rich archive. The very idea of bringing life to the images of countless heretofore unknown migrants was a deeply rewarding experience for this reader especially considering the firm desire of the state to limit their connection to Canada. The humanity also extends to the fact that Cho and her associates created a website to enhance the experience of the book. Found at masscapture.ca, readers can take a closer look at numerous CI 9s that Cho and her team painstakingly reinvigorated via a time-consuming and delicate photography process. It wasn’t enough for Cho to look at microfilm, she opted to bring to life their nuances by digitizing them again, certificate by certificate, with the result being much crisper images that allow the researcher to focus on the visual analysis of such details as smudges, scratches, and signatures. Mass Capture is a tremendous resource for researchers. Cho offers a very revealing way to uncover histories from materials previously neglected. She gives voice to the voiceless, an act of humanity and resistance in its own right.