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UNINA9910463405203321 |
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Autore |
Seligman Scott D |
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Titolo |
The first Chinese American [[electronic resource] ] : the remarkable life of Wong Chin Foo / / Scott D. Seligman |
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Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press, c2013 |
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988-8180-74-6 |
988-220-843-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (397 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Chinese Americans |
Civil rights workers - United States |
Chinese American journalists |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-355) and index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Chinese in America endured abuse and discrimination in the late nineteenth century, but they had a leader and a fighter in Wong Chin Foo (1847-1898), whose story is a forgotten chapter in the struggle for equal rights in America. The first to use the term ""Chinese American,"" Wong defended his compatriots against malicious scapegoating and urged them to become Americanized to win their rights. A trailblazer and a born showman who proclaimed himself China's first Confucian missionary to the United States, he founded America's first association of Chinese voters and testified before Congress to |
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