The Lucky Ones : One Family and the Extraordinary Invention of Chinese America - Expanded paperback Edition /

Traces three generations of a Chinese-American family from its patriarch's self-invention as an immigration broker in post-gold rush San Francisco to the family's intimate involvement in the 1904 World's Fair.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ngai, Mae M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2010.
Edición:Expanded pbk. ed. /
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Tapp family.
Chinese Americans > Social conditions.
Chinese Americans > Ethnic identity.
Chinese Americans > Cultural assimilation.
Chinese Americans.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Americains d'origine chinoise > Identite ethnique > Californie > San Francisco.
Americains d'origine chinoise > Acculturation > Californie > San Francisco.
Americains d'origine chinoise > Californie > San Francisco > Conditions sociales > 20e siecle.
Americains d'origine chinoise > Californie > San Francisco > Conditions sociales > 19e siecle.
Americains d'origine chinoise > Californie > San Francisco > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Americains d'origine chinoise > Californie > San Francisco > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Americains d'origine chinoise > Californie > San Francisco > Biographies.
Chinese Americans > California > San Francisco > Ethnic identity.
Chinese Americans > Cultural assimilation > California > San Francisco.
Chinese Americans > California > San Francisco > Social conditions > 20th century.
Chinese Americans > California > San Francisco > Social conditions > 19th century.
Chinese Americans > California > San Francisco > History > 20th century.
Chinese Americans > California > San Francisco > History > 19th century.
Chinese Americans > California > San Francisco > Biography.
California > San Francisco.
San Francisco (Calif.) > Biography.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Tape family tree
  • Strivings (1864-1883). The lucky one ; The first rescue ; Joseph and Mary
  • School days (1884-1894). "That Chinese girl" ; Chinatown's frontier
  • Native sons and daughters (1895-1904). Suburban squire ; Two marriages ; The Chinese village
  • The interpreter class (1905-1917). Blood and fire ; In pursuit of smugglers ; Modern life ; The trial ; "Sailors should go ashore"
  • Reinventions (1917-1950). The new daughter-in-law ; Loss ; Service.

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