The children of Chinatown
Subtitle: growing up Chinese American in San Francisco, 1850-1920
By: Wendy Rouse Jorae.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press; The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9780807833131; 9780807859735
Subjects: 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
Description: Revealing the untold stories of a pioneer generation of young Chinese Americans, this book places the children and families of early Chinatown in the middle of efforts to combat American policies of exclusion and segregation. --from publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Constructing childhood in early Chinatown : image versus reality; title: The immigration of Chinese children and the Chinese question; title: Recentering the Chinese family in early Chinese American history; title: For the family back home : Chinese children at work; title: Challenging segregation : Chinese children at school; title: Articles of contention : Chinese children in the missions and courts; title: Children of the new Chinatown; title: Conclusion: Constructing the future.