Forever struggle : activism, identity, & survival in Boston's Chinatown, 1880-2018 /

"Chinatown has a long history in Boston. Though little documented, it represents the city's most sustained neighborhood effort to survive during eras of hostility and urban transformation. It has been wounded and transformed, slowly ceding ground; at the same time, its residents and organi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Liu, Michael, 1948- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Chinese Americans > Massachusetts > Boston > History.
Chinese Americans > Massachusetts > Boston > Social conditions.
Chinese Americans > Political activity > Massachusetts > Boston > History.
Community activists > Massachusetts > Boston > History.
Community organization > Massachusetts > Boston > History.
Immigrants > Massachusetts > Boston > History.
Américains d'origine chinoise > Massachusetts > Boston > Histoire.
Américains d'origine chinoise > Massachusetts > Boston > Conditions sociales.
Américains d'origine chinoise > Activité politique > Massachusetts > Boston > Histoire.
Organisation communautaire > Massachusetts > Boston > Histoire.
HISTORY / General
Chinese Americans.
Chinese Americans > Social conditions.
Community activists.
Community organization.
Immigrants.
Chinatown (Boston, Mass.) > History.
Boston (Mass.) > History.
Massachusetts > Boston.
Massachusetts > Boston > Chinatown.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A Chinatown Walk
  • Bands of Brothers Build Community, 1880-
  • A Neighborhood Moves through Unfamiliar Times, 1942-
  • The Neighborhood in a World Class City, 1974-
  • Chinatown Joins the Revolt of the Neighborhoods, 1975-
  • Limits of the Populist Growth Coalition, 1984-
  • "To Be or Not To Be" for the Parcel C Garage, 1990-
  • Leading against the Growth Machine, 1993-
  • The Search for New Community Strategies: Building New Alliances, 1999-2007
  • Bubble, Trouble and Testing a New Vision, 2008-
  • Chinatowns and Ethnic Survival in a Globalized World.

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