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The new Chinatown / [electronic resource] Peter Kwong.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Hill and Wang, 1996.Edition: Rev. edDescription: vi, 226 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0809015854
  • 9780809015856
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.9747/1 20
LOC classification:
  • F128.64.C47 K97 1996
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Contents:
Introduction -- The old chinatown ghettoes -- Economic boom in New York's Chinatown -- The woes of foreign capital -- A model minority community -- Chinatown's informal political structure -- Tongs, gangs, and the godfather -- The community and government institutions -- The Chinese and the American labor unions -- Grass-roots organizing and coalition building -- Unwelcome newcomers; Chinatown in the 1990s -- Conclusion.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-220) and index.

Introduction -- The old chinatown ghettoes -- Economic boom in New York's Chinatown -- The woes of foreign capital -- A model minority community -- Chinatown's informal political structure -- Tongs, gangs, and the godfather -- The community and government institutions -- The Chinese and the American labor unions -- Grass-roots organizing and coalition building -- Unwelcome newcomers; Chinatown in the 1990s -- Conclusion.

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