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000437779 1001_ $$aTsui, Bonnie.
000437779 24510 $$aAmerican Chinatown :$$ba people's history of five neighborhoods /$$cBonnie Tsui.
000437779 250__ $$a1st Free Press trade pbk. ed.
000437779 260__ $$aNew York :$$bFree Press,$$c2010.
000437779 300__ $$aviii, 272, [7] p. :$$bill., maps ;$$c22 cm.
000437779 500__ $$aOriginally published in hardcover 2009.  Reprinted in paperback 2011 with a question and answer conversation with the author.
000437779 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000437779 5050_ $$aPersonal 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.
000437779 520__ $$aTsui offers a unique full-access pass to America's most famous Chinatowns--New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Honolulu, and Las Vegas--revealing a captivating world-within-a-world. b&w photos throughout.
000437779 650_0 $$aChinatowns$$zUnited States.
000437779 650_0 $$aChinese Americans$$xSocial life and customs.
000437779 650_0 $$aChinese Americans$$xSocial conditions.
000437779 650_0 $$aCity and town life$$zUnited States.
000437779 651_0 $$aChinatown (New York, N.Y.)
000437779 651_0 $$aChinatown (San Francisco, Calif.)
000437779 651_0 $$aChinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.)
000437779 651_0 $$aChinatown (Honolulu, Hawaii)
000437779 651_0 $$aChinatown Plaza (Las Vegas, Nev.)
000437779 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xHistory, Local.
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