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Author:

Jorae, Wendy Rouse

Title:

The children of Chinatown : growing up Chinese American in San Francisco, 1850-1920 / Wendy Rouse Jorae.

Publisher:

University of North Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xiii, 295 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.)--History.
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.)--Social life and customs.
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.)--Social conditions.
Chinese Americans--San Francisco--San Francisco--History.
Chinese American children--San Francisco--San Francisco--History.
Children--San Francisco--San Francisco--History.
Chinese American families--San Francisco--San Francisco--History.
San Francisco (Calif.)--History.
San Francisco (Calif.)--Social life and customs.
San Francisco (Calif.)--Ethnic relations.

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

0807859737 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780807859735 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0807833134 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780807833131 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)317361735

LCCN:

2009011633

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)