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Autore |
Jorae Wendy Rouse |
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Titolo |
The children of Chinatown [[electronic resource] ] : growing up Chinese American in San Francisco, 1850-1920 / / Wendy Rouse Jorae |
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2009 |
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1-4696-0537-6 |
0-8078-9858-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (312 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Chinese Americans - California - San Francisco - History |
Chinese American children - California - San Francisco - History |
Children - California - San Francisco - History |
Chinese American families - California - San Francisco - History |
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) History |
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) Social life and customs |
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) Social conditions |
San Francisco (Calif.) History |
San Francisco (Calif.) Social life and customs |
San Francisco (Calif.) Ethnic relations |
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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 and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: Constructing childhood in early Chinatown : image versus reality -- The immigration of Chinese children and the Chinese question -- Recentering the Chinese family in early Chinese American history -- For the family back home : Chinese children at work -- Challenging segregation : Chinese children at school -- Articles of contention : Chinese children in the missions and courts -- Children of the new Chinatown -- Conclusion: Constructing the future. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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-- |
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