The New Chinatown

Type

Book

Authors

Kwong ( Peter Kwong )

ISBN 10

0374521212

ISBN 13

9780374521219

Tags

Economic Conditions, Social Sciences, Asian, Political Economy

Description

Newspapers today are filled with stories of corruption and strife in America's Chinatowns, reversing the popular view of Chinese Americans as a model minority of law-abiding, hard-working people whose diligent children end up in high-tech jobs. In The New Chinatown, Peter Kwong goes beyond the headlines in a compelling and detailed account of the political and cultural isolation of Chinese-American communities. This new edition offers a revised and updated text as well as a new chapter on Chinatown in the 1990s. - from Amzon

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