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9780970165411

The Lonely Queue

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  • ISBN13:

    9780970165411

  • ISBN10:

    0970165412

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2001-08-01
  • Publisher: East West Discovery Pr

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The Lonely Queue is an unprecedented pictorial history book which presents the vibrant and diverse contribution of the 150 years of Chinese Americans in the Greater Los Angeles area. It features bilingual text (English and Chinese) with hundreds of vintage photographs, drawings and personal memories depicting the struggle of Chinese Americans making America their home. This book is a recommended reading title for the California and American history curriculums.

Table of Contents

Foreword v
Acknowledgments vii
1850-1885 - Early Settlement in Los Angeles
1(23)
1886-1920 - Chinese Exclusion Act Years in Old Chinatown
24(23)
1920s - Social Conditions in Old Chinatown
47(10)
1930s - The Birth of China City, the ``Chinese Movie Land'' and New Chinatown
57(26)
1940s - Chinese Americans in World War II
83(27)
1950s - Postwar Years in New Chinatown
110(12)
1960s - Chinatown Troubles
122(7)
1970s - The Development of Suburban Chinatown
129(12)
1980s - The Emergence of the San Gabriel Valley Chinese Communities
141(18)
1990s - New Roles of Chinese Americans
159(24)
The Future 183(2)
Chronology 185(5)
Footnotes 190(4)
Bibliography 194

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