The children of Chinatown : growing up Chinese American in San Francisco, 1850-1920 / Wendy Rouse Jorae.
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. Facing barriers of immigration exclusion, cultural dislocation, child labor, segregated schooling, crime, and violence, Chinese...
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| Online Access: | Electronic book from JSTOR |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2009. |
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| Summary: | 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. Facing barriers of immigration exclusion, cultural dislocation, child labor, segregated schooling, crime, and violence, Chinese American children attempted to build a world for themselves on the margins of two cultures. Their story is part of the larger American story of the struggle to overcome racism and realize the ideal of equality. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 295 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-283) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780807898581 0807898589 9781469605371 1469605376 |
| Access: | Access limited to authorized users. |