The lucky ones : one family and the extraordinary invention of Chinese America / Mae M. Ngai.
The lucky ones : one family and the extraordinary invention of Chinese America / Mae M. Ngai.
The lucky ones : one family and the extraordinary invention of Chinese America / Mae M. Ngai.
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Publisher
Boston [Mass.] : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010.
Date
2010.
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N305.8951/21
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Language
English
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Physical content
xi, 288 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
Tape family tree -- Strivings (1864-1883). The lucky one ; The first rescue ; Joseph and Mary -- School days (1884-1894). "That Chinese girl" ; Chinatown's frontier -- Native sons and daughters (1895-1904). Suburban squire ; Two marriages ; The Chinese village -- The interpreter class (1905-1917). B...
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Publisher
Boston [Mass.] : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2010.
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Summary
Traces three generations of a Chinese-American family from its patriarch's self-invention as an immigration broker in post-gold rush San Francisco to the family's intimate involvement in the 1904 World's Fair.
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The lucky ones : one family and the extraordinary invention of Chinese America / Mae M. Ngai.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-276) and index.
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N305.8951/21
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74VKMBbJg343
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKMBbJg343
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ISBN
0618651160
9780618651160 :
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305.8951073079461
MMS ID
991021368849702626
