The new Chinatown
By: Peter Kwong.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
Subjects: Chinese Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Economic conditions.; Chinatown (New York, N.Y.) -- Economic conditions.; New York (N.Y.) -- Economic conditions.
Description: Newspapers today are filled with stories of corruption and strife in America's Chinatowns, reversing the popular view of Chinese Americans as a model minority of law-abiding, hard-working people whose diligent children end up in high-tech jobs. In The New Chinatown, Peter Kwong goes beyond the headlines in a compelling and detailed account of the political and cultural isolation of Chinese-American communities.

This new edition offers a revised and updated text as well as a new chapter on Chinatown in the 1990s.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-220) and index.