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The first suburban Chinatown : the remaking of Monterey Park, California /

Monterey Park, California, is a community of 60,000 residents, located east of downtown Los Angeles. Dubbed by the media the "First Suburban Chinatown," Monterey Park is the only city in the continental United States with a majority Asian American population. Since the early 1970s, large n...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fong, Timothy P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1994.
Colección:Asian American history and culture.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface; Introduction: A New and Dynamic Community; 1. Ramona Acres to the Chinese Beverly Hills: Demographic Change; 2. Enter the Dragon: Economic Change; 3. "I Don't Feel at Home Anymore": Social and Cultural Change; 4. Community Fragmentation and the Slow-Growth Movement; 5. Controlled Growth and the Official-Englsih Movement; 6. "City with a Heart"?; 7. The Politics of Realignment; 8. Theoretical Perspectives on Monterey Park; Conclusion: From Marginal to Mainstream; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index.