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The Children of Chinatown: Growing Up Chinese American in San Francisco, 1850-1920
Wendy Rouse Jorae
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Description for The Children of Chinatown: Growing Up Chinese American in San Francisco, 1850-1920
Paperback. Revealing the stories of a pioneer generation of young Chinese Americans, this book places the children and families of early Chinatown in the middle of efforts to combat American policies of exclusion and segregation. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 illustrations, 10 tables, notes, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
This book deals with the daily life of a hidden group. Revealing the untold stories of a pioneer generation of young Chinese Americans, this book places the children and families of early Chinatown in the middle of efforts to combat American policies of exclusion and segregation. Wendy Jorae challenges long-held notions of early Chinatown as a bachelor community by showing that families - and particularly children - played important roles in its daily life. She explores the wide-ranging images of Chinatown's youth created by competing interests with their own agendas - from anti-immigrant depictions of Chinese children as filthy and ... Read more
This book deals with the daily life of a hidden group. Revealing the untold stories of a pioneer generation of young Chinese Americans, this book places the children and families of early Chinatown in the middle of efforts to combat American policies of exclusion and segregation. Wendy Jorae challenges long-held notions of early Chinatown as a bachelor community by showing that families - and particularly children - played important roles in its daily life. She explores the wide-ranging images of Chinatown's youth created by competing interests with their own agendas - from anti-immigrant depictions of Chinese children as filthy and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807859735
SKU
V9780807859735
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About Wendy Rouse Jorae
Wendy Rouse Jorae teaches history at St. Francis College Preparatory School in Sacramento, at the University of California, Davis, and at California State University-Sacramento.
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