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Hometown Chinatown
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 170

Hometown Chinatown

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2014-01-21
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  • Publisher: Routledge

Focusing on the local history of the Chinese in Oakland, California, this study examines common stereotypes in the early Chinese community and Chinatown organizations.

Forbidden Citizens
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 618

Forbidden Citizens

"Described as 'one of the most vulgar forms of barbarism, ' by Rep. John Kasson (R-IA) in 1882, a series of laws passed by the United States Congress between 1879 and 1943 resulted in prohibiting the Chinese as a people from becoming U.S. citizens. Forbidden citizens recounts this long and shameful legislative history"--Page 4 of cover.

The White Devil's Daughters
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 447

The White Devil's Daughters

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2019-05-14
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  • Publisher: Vintage

During the first hundred years of Chinese immigration--from 1848 to 1943--San Francisco was home to a shockingly extensive underground slave trade in Asian women, who were exploited as prostitutes and indentured servants. In this gripping, necessary book, bestselling author Julia Flynn Siler shines a light on this little-known chapter in our history--and gives us a vivid portrait of the safe house to which enslaved women escaped. The Occidental Mission Home, situated on the edge of Chinatown, served as a gateway to freedom for thousands. Run by a courageous group of female Christian abolitionists, it survived earthquakes, fire, bubonic plague, and violent attacks. We meet Dolly Cameron, who ...

Social Sciences Index
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1526

Social Sciences Index

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1984
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Choice
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 746

Choice

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1990
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Amerasia Journal
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 632

Amerasia Journal

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2007
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Chinese Religions
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 184

Chinese Religions

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From Canton to California
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 330

From Canton to California

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1976
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  • Publisher: Unknown

A history of the Chinese in the United States from their early days in California to the present, including the biography of Dr. Ng Poon Chew, who, as editor of the first Chinese language newspaper in the United States became a leader of all Chinese Americans.

Modern China Studies
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 486

Modern China Studies

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1977
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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American Book Publishing Record
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 2744

American Book Publishing Record

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2001
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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