New Chinatown Revised Edition

Name: New Chinatown Revised Edition
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ISBN: 9780809015856

ISBN-10: 0809015854

ISBN-13: 9780809015856

Edition: 2nd 1996 (Revised)

Authors: Peter Kwong

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Newspapers today are filled with stories of corruption and strife in America's Chinatowns, reversing the popular view of Chinese Americans as a model minority of law-abiding, hard-working people whose diligent children end up in high-tech jobs. In The New Chinatown, Peter Kwong goes beyond the headlines in a compelling and detailed account of the political and cultural isolation of Chinese-American communities. This new edition offers a revised and updated text as well as a new chapter on Chinatown in the 1990s.

Book details

List price: $18.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 7/30/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 210
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Introduction



The Old Chinatown Ghettos



Economic Boom in New York's Chinatown



The Woes of Foreign Capital



A Model Minority Community?



Chinatown's Informal Political Structure



Tongs, Gangs, and the Godfather



The Community and Government Institutions



The Chinese and the American Labor Unions



Grass-Roots Organizing and Coalition Building



Unwelcome Newcomers: Chinatown in the 1990s


Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index