Author: Pearl Ng
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Writings on the Chinese in California
Author: Pearl Ng
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Historic Photos of the Chinese in California
Author: Hannah Clayborn
Publisher: Turner
ISBN: 9781596525191
Category : Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Chinese were a visible current in the tidal wave of humanity that rushed through San Francisco's Golden Gate in the mid-nineteenth century. Known to their countrymen as Gam Saan Haak (guests of Gold Mountain), Chinese immigrants sought great fortune. Most found only hostility and hard work, often braving the most dangerous and loathsome jobs. They endured violence and injustice, yet clung to this land with tenacity and patience and made it their own. With nearly 200 historic photographs gathered from notable collections, this book explores a century of Chinese progress in California. Retracing the immigrants' steps--from the gold fields to the high Sierra railroad camps, to lettuce fields and olive groves, and to the Monterey coast--we visit Chinese enclaves throughout the state. We linger in San Francisco's old Chinatown, home to cherished children and notorious tong gangs, where new arrivals first found refuge and familiar goods, and tourists later found exotic merchandise spilling from aging storefronts. These historic images recall a time when the Chinese community in California was still a world apart.
Publisher: Turner
ISBN: 9781596525191
Category : Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Chinese were a visible current in the tidal wave of humanity that rushed through San Francisco's Golden Gate in the mid-nineteenth century. Known to their countrymen as Gam Saan Haak (guests of Gold Mountain), Chinese immigrants sought great fortune. Most found only hostility and hard work, often braving the most dangerous and loathsome jobs. They endured violence and injustice, yet clung to this land with tenacity and patience and made it their own. With nearly 200 historic photographs gathered from notable collections, this book explores a century of Chinese progress in California. Retracing the immigrants' steps--from the gold fields to the high Sierra railroad camps, to lettuce fields and olive groves, and to the Monterey coast--we visit Chinese enclaves throughout the state. We linger in San Francisco's old Chinatown, home to cherished children and notorious tong gangs, where new arrivals first found refuge and familiar goods, and tourists later found exotic merchandise spilling from aging storefronts. These historic images recall a time when the Chinese community in California was still a world apart.
Chinese San Francisco, 1850-1943
Author: Yong Chen
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804745505
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Founded during the Gold Rush years, the Chinese community of San Francisco became the largest and most vibrant Chinatown in America. This is a detailed social and cultural history of the Chinese in San Francisco.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804745505
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Founded during the Gold Rush years, the Chinese community of San Francisco became the largest and most vibrant Chinatown in America. This is a detailed social and cultural history of the Chinese in San Francisco.
California Chinese Chatter ...
Author: Albert Dressler
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Includes telegrams exchanged by Chinese residents to and from Downieville, Sierra County, California, during the year 1874, and an examination of the case People of the state of California vs. Ah Jake, defendant.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Includes telegrams exchanged by Chinese residents to and from Downieville, Sierra County, California, during the year 1874, and an examination of the case People of the state of California vs. Ah Jake, defendant.
Chinese Characters
Author: Angilee Shah
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520270274
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Poignant, humorous and confusing stories of utterly ordinary people living through China's extraordinary transformations. The collection of essays creates a multifaceted portrait of a country in motion, and is an introduction to some of the best writing on China today.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520270274
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Poignant, humorous and confusing stories of utterly ordinary people living through China's extraordinary transformations. The collection of essays creates a multifaceted portrait of a country in motion, and is an introduction to some of the best writing on China today.
Driven Out
Author: Jean Pfaelzer
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520256941
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
This sweeping and groundbreaking work presents the shocking and violent history of ethnic cleansing against Chinese Americans from the Gold Rush era to the turn of the century.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520256941
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
This sweeping and groundbreaking work presents the shocking and violent history of ethnic cleansing against Chinese Americans from the Gold Rush era to the turn of the century.
Longtime Californ'
Author: Victor Nee
Publisher: Pantheon
ISBN: 0804153914
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 503
Book Description
Beginning with the immigrants who left poverty-ridden villages in China to try for a better livelihood in America, the narratives and extensive interviews of Longtime Californ’ tell the true story of the Chinese in America. A young Chinese girl tells of being sold into slavery, brought to America, and rescued by a missionary; men of Chinatown recall the awful conditions and long waits on Angel Island before being allowed into the country, and remember the backbreaking experience of building the railroads that opened the West. The young Chinese are also here: some are angry and frustrated, spending their time on street corners and in gang fights; other are Marxist radicals trying to create social, political, and economic change in Chinatown ghetto. And there are the workers who go back and forth each day to the garment factories and the shops, each with his or her own story to tell, each contributing his or her share to the country that is San Francisco Chinatown. Throughout these and other stories the intricate patterns of Chinese life emerge as Chinese traditions and American customs combine to create the unique experience of Chinese-Americas, Longtime Californ’ goes beyond the hand laundries and restaurants with which Americans often associate the Chinese and unveils the secret societies, the powerful family associations, and the daily lives of the people of Chinatown.
Publisher: Pantheon
ISBN: 0804153914
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 503
Book Description
Beginning with the immigrants who left poverty-ridden villages in China to try for a better livelihood in America, the narratives and extensive interviews of Longtime Californ’ tell the true story of the Chinese in America. A young Chinese girl tells of being sold into slavery, brought to America, and rescued by a missionary; men of Chinatown recall the awful conditions and long waits on Angel Island before being allowed into the country, and remember the backbreaking experience of building the railroads that opened the West. The young Chinese are also here: some are angry and frustrated, spending their time on street corners and in gang fights; other are Marxist radicals trying to create social, political, and economic change in Chinatown ghetto. And there are the workers who go back and forth each day to the garment factories and the shops, each with his or her own story to tell, each contributing his or her share to the country that is San Francisco Chinatown. Throughout these and other stories the intricate patterns of Chinese life emerge as Chinese traditions and American customs combine to create the unique experience of Chinese-Americas, Longtime Californ’ goes beyond the hand laundries and restaurants with which Americans often associate the Chinese and unveils the secret societies, the powerful family associations, and the daily lives of the people of Chinatown.
Chinese American Voices
Author: Judy Yung
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520243099
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 970
Book Description
Offering a textured history of the Chinese in America since their arrival during the California Gold Rush, this work includes letters, speeches, testimonies, oral histories, personal memoirs, poems, essays, and folksongs. It provides an insight into immigration, work, family and social life, and the longstanding fight for equality and inclusion.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520243099
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 970
Book Description
Offering a textured history of the Chinese in America since their arrival during the California Gold Rush, this work includes letters, speeches, testimonies, oral histories, personal memoirs, poems, essays, and folksongs. It provides an insight into immigration, work, family and social life, and the longstanding fight for equality and inclusion.
世紀承傳
Author: Chinese Historical Society of Southern California
Publisher: East West Discovery Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
A collection of essays on contemporary and historical accounts of Chinese Americans in Southern California, from Santa Barbara in the north to Mexicali in the south.
Publisher: East West Discovery Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
A collection of essays on contemporary and historical accounts of Chinese Americans in Southern California, from Santa Barbara in the north to Mexicali in the south.
The Chinese Community of Stockton
Author: Sylvia Sun Minnick
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738520537
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Stockton, referred to as Sam Fow by its Chinese community, was the third largest metropolitan area leading to the goldfields of California at the turn of the 20th century. The Chinese immigrants came from Kwangtung, China, to find their fortune, and instead found a series of restrictive laws aimed at keeping them from participating in the development of the burgeoning frontier town. Their story is here, in over 200 vintage images of community life and resilience. Despite legislation such as the Foreign Miners' taxes and the California Alien Land Act, and most recently the construction of the Crosstown Freeway combined with the redevelopment project that disseminated the heart of Chinatown, the Chinese of this area were major contributors to California and Stockton's economy. They have maintained a balance between their heritage of familial and religious obligations and western education and activities. Included are photographs dating from the late 1920s of traditional Chinese associations and more recent community activities. These images showcase once thriving businesses, educational and religious efforts, and familial milestones.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738520537
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Stockton, referred to as Sam Fow by its Chinese community, was the third largest metropolitan area leading to the goldfields of California at the turn of the 20th century. The Chinese immigrants came from Kwangtung, China, to find their fortune, and instead found a series of restrictive laws aimed at keeping them from participating in the development of the burgeoning frontier town. Their story is here, in over 200 vintage images of community life and resilience. Despite legislation such as the Foreign Miners' taxes and the California Alien Land Act, and most recently the construction of the Crosstown Freeway combined with the redevelopment project that disseminated the heart of Chinatown, the Chinese of this area were major contributors to California and Stockton's economy. They have maintained a balance between their heritage of familial and religious obligations and western education and activities. Included are photographs dating from the late 1920s of traditional Chinese associations and more recent community activities. These images showcase once thriving businesses, educational and religious efforts, and familial milestones.