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The children of Chinatown : growing up Chinese American in San Francisco, 1850-1920

Title
The children of Chinatown : growing up Chinese American in San Francisco, 1850-1920 / Wendy Rouse Jorae.
Author
Rouse, Wendy L.
Publication
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2009.

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Description
xiii, 295 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • 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
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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.
Call Number
JFE 10-816
ISBN
  • 9780807833131 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0807833134 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780807859735 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0807859737 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2009011633
OCLC
YBP 2009011633
Author
Rouse, Wendy L.
Title
The children of Chinatown : growing up Chinese American in San Francisco, 1850-1920 / Wendy Rouse Jorae.
Imprint
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2009.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 10-816
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