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03161aam a2200409Ia 4500 001 2D40C4E20AF111E39305B8A1DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20130822010304 008 100216s2010 nyuab b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9781416557241 (pbk.) 020 $a 1416557245 (pbk.) : 035 $a (OCoLC)517275749 040 $a YDXCP $c YDXCP $d HC7 $d NSB $d BDX $d SILO 043 $a n-us-ca $a n-us-ny $a n-us-ca 100 1 $a Tsui, Bonnie. 245 10 $a American Chinatown : $b a people's history of five neighborhoods / $c Bonnie Tsui. 250 $a 1st Free Press trade pbk. ed. 260 $a New York : $b Free Press, $c 2010. 300 $a viii, 272, [7] p. : $b ill., maps, ports. ; $c 22 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-262) and index. 500 $a Originally published in hardcover 2009. Reprinted in paperback 2011 with a question and answer conversation with the author. 505 0 $a Personal geography -- The Oldest: San Francisco. American pagodas: behind the tourist architecture -- Alleyway kids: how youth is reinvigorating the neighborhood -- Chain migration: family ties pull a new generation through Chinatown Gate, but not without difficulty -- The Biggest: New York. City within a city: the industry of Chinatown changes New York -- The new Chinese school: learning to read, write, and live a heritage -- Fortune cookies: what the path of the folded wafers tells us about the movement of communities -- The Hollywood Icon: Los Angeles. Chinatownland: the longtime partnership between Hollywood and Chinatown -- Hometown Chinatown: in an increasingly disparate community, it is where the kids hang out -- Preacher man, teacher man: neighborhood anchors for the new arrival -- The Crossroads: Honolulu. Kapakahi Chinatown: where "all mixed up" is the enduring story -- Neighborhood crossings: how a local boy became an accidental chef -- History lessons: Chinatown's disenchanted generation, on preserving the past and shaping the future -- The Newest: Las Vegas. Chinatown, next exit: the man who invented a new breed of Chinatown -- Miss Chinatown, U.S.A. : beauty queens and lion dancers in the desert -- The new tenants: the new immigrant generation on the Strip -- Moving pictures -- A conversation with author Bonnie Tsui. 520 $a Tsui offers a unique full-access pass to America's most famous Chinatowns--New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Honolulu, and Las Vegas--revealing a captivating world-within-a-world. b&w photos throughout. 650 0 $a Chinatowns $z United States. 650 0 $a Chinese Americans $x Social life and customs. 650 0 $a Chinese Americans $x Social conditions. 650 0 $a City and town life $z United States. 651 0 $a Chinatown (New York, N.Y.) 651 0 $a Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) 651 0 $a Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.) 651 0 $a Chinatown (Honolulu, Hawaii) 651 0 $a Chinatown Plaza (Las Vegas, Nev.) 651 0 $a United States $x History, Local. 941 $a 2 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204063417.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110045349.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2D40C4E20AF111E39305B8A1DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search