The lucky ones : one family and the extraordinary invention of Chinese America
Title:
The lucky ones : one family and the extraordinary invention of Chinese America
Author:
Ngai, Mae M.
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Publication Information:
Boston [Mass.] : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2010]
©2010
Physical Description:
xi, 288 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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.
Language:
English
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). Blood and fire ; In pursuit of smugglers ; Modern life ; The trial ; "Sailors should go ashore" -- Reinventions (1917-1950). The new daughter-in-law ; Loss ; Service.
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ISBN:
9780618651160
Format :
Book
