The Children of Chinatown : Growing Up Chinese American in San Francisco, 1850-1920 /

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 c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Jorae, Wendy Rouse
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social conditions.
Manners and customs.
Ethnic relations.
Chinese Americans.
Chinese American families.
Chinese American children.
Children.
Familles americaines d'origine chinoise > Californie > San Francisco > Histoire.
Americains d'origine chinoise > Californie > San Francisco > Histoire.
Chinese American families > California > San Francisco > History.
Children > California > San Francisco > History.
Chinese American children > California > San Francisco > History.
Chinese Americans > California > San Francisco > History.
California > San Francisco > Chinatown.
California > San Francisco.
San Francisco (Calif.) > Ethnic relations.
San Francisco (Calif.) > Social life and customs.
San Francisco (Calif.) > History.
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) > Social conditions.
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) > Social life and customs.
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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