New York Before Chinatown

New York Before Chinatown
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Publisher : JHU Press
Total Pages : 422
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ISBN-10 : 0801867940
ISBN-13 : 9780801867941
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Book Synopsis New York Before Chinatown by : John Kuo Wei Tchen

Download or read book New York Before Chinatown written by John Kuo Wei Tchen and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2001-09-21 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.


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