Chinese San Francisco, 1850-1943: A Trans-Pacific Community

by Yong Chen

Book Overview

Founded during the Gold Rush years, the Chinese community of San Francisco became the largest and most vibrant Chinatown in America. For those Chinese traveling between the Old World and the New, San Francisco was a port of entry and departure. Many Chinese settled there, forming one of the oldest continuing ethnic communities in urban America.

This is a detailed social and cultural history of the Chinese in San Francisco, relating the development...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804736057
• ISBN13: 9780804736053
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"