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The Lucky Ones One Family and the Extraordinary Invention of Chinese America - Expanded paperback Edition
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Title
The Lucky Ones [electronic resource] : One Family and the Extraordinary Invention of Chinese America - Expanded paperback Edition / Mae M. Ngai.
ISBN
1400845033
9781400845033
9780691155326 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
Edition
Expanded papberback edition.
Published
Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2012. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiii, 326 pages, 16 pages of plates :) illustrations, maps ;
Local Notes
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Notes
"Expanded paperback edition with a new preface by the author."
Description based on print version record.
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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.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 15, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-276) and index.
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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