The lucky ones : one family and the extraordinary invention of Chinese America / Mae M. Ngai.

Traces three generations of a Chinese-American family from its patriarch's self-invention as an immigration broker in post-gold rush San Francisco to the family's intimate involvement in the 1904 World's Fair.

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Main Author: Ngai, Mae M.
Language:English
Published: Boston [Mass.] : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010.
Subjects:
Tapp family.
Chinese Americans > California > San Francisco > Biography.
Chinese Americans > California > San Francisco > History > 19th century.
Chinese Americans > California > San Francisco > History > 20th century.
Chinese Americans > California > San Francisco > Social conditions > 19th century.
Chinese Americans > California > San Francisco > Social conditions > 20th century.
Chinese Americans > Cultural assimilation > California > San Francisco.
Chinese Americans > California > San Francisco > Ethnic identity.
San Francisco (Calif.) > Biography.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:xi, 288 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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Call Number: F869.S39 C555 2010
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