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Call# |
979.4-C |
Summary |
This is a detailed social and cultural history of the Chinese in San Francisco, relating the development of various social and cultural institutions, ranging from brothels to the powerful "Six Companies." The book recaptures in vivid detail not only the community's collective mentalities but also the lives of ordinary people—laborers, theater-goers, gamblers, and prostitutes. In so doing, the author achieves what has been missing from virtually all the historiographic writing on the Chinese in America—he brings to life individual personalities with their varying human qualities. |
Object Name |
Book |
Author |
Chen, Yong, 1960- |
Subjects |
Chinese Americans--California--San Francisco--History. San Francisco (Calif.)--History. |
Title |
Chinese San Francisco, 1850-1943 : A Trans-Pacific Community |
Published Date |
2000 |
Physical Description |
xvi, 392 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
Catalog Number |
2014.007.226 |
Accession number |
2014.007 |
Publisher |
Stanford University Press |
Collection |
Public Affairs Television |
Year Range from |
2000 |
Year Range to |
2000 |