New York Before Chinatown

New York Before Chinatown
Author: John Kuo Wei Tchen
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 422
Release: 2001-09-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780801867941


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"Piecing together various historical fragments and anecdotes from the years before Chinatown emerged in the late 1870s, historian John Kuo Wei Tchen redraws Manhattan's historical landscape and broadens our understanding of the role of port cultures in the making of American identities."--BOOK JACKET.


New York Before Chinatown
Language: en
Pages: 422
Authors: John Kuo Wei Tchen
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-09-21 - Publisher: JHU Press

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"Piecing together various historical fragments and anecdotes from the years before Chinatown emerged in the late 1870s, historian John Kuo Wei Tchen redraws Man
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