MATERIAL LIFE AND SOCIO-CULTURAL TRANSFORMATION AMONG ASIAN TRANSMIGRANTS AT A FRASER RIVER SALMON CANNERY by Douglas Edward Ross M.A., College of William and Mary 2002 B.A., Wilfrid Laurier University 1999 THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY In the Department of Archaeology © Douglas Edward Ross 2009 SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY Spring 2009 All rights reserved. This work may not be reproduced in whole or in part, by photocopy or other means, without permission of the author.