New York Before Chinatown Orientalism and the Shaping of American Culture, 1776-1882

Name: New York Before Chinatown Orientalism and the Shaping of American Culture, 1776-1882
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ISBN: 9780801867941

ISBN-10: 0801867940

ISBN-13: 9780801867941

Edition: 1999

Authors: John Kuo Wei Tchen

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From George Washington's desire (in the heat of the Revolutionary War) for a proper set of Chinese porcelains for afternoon tea, to the lives of Chinese-Irish couples in the 1830s, to the commercial success of Chang and Eng (the "Siamese Twins"), to rising fears of "heathen Chinee," New York before Chinatown offers a provocative look at the role Chinese people, things, and ideas played in the fashioning of American culture and politics. 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…

Book details

List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 9/21/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 6.06" wide x 9.17" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.606
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface


Introduction



A Culture of Distinction



Porcelain, Tea, and Revolution



What Does China Want?



The Port's Rise



Port Exchanges



A Pioneer Settlement



"Edifying Curiosities"



Self-Possessed Men



Stereotypes and Realities



The "Chinese Question"



"The Alarm"



Visualizing "Ah Sin"



Building Community



Descent to Darkness



Appo's Demise


Epilogue: The "American Century"


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index