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God in Chinatown

Author : Kenneth J. Guest
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814731536
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book God in Chinatown written by Kenneth J. Guest and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2003-08 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An insightful look into the central role of religious community in the largest contemporary wave of new immigrants to New York Chinatown yet God in Chinatown is a path breaking study of the largest contemporary wave of new immigrants to Chinatown. Since the 1980s, tens of thousands of mostly rural Chinese have migrated from Fuzhou, on China’s southeastern coast, to New York’s Chinatown. Like the Cantonese who comprised the previous wave of migrants, the Fuzhou have brought with them their religious beliefs, practices, and local deities. In recent years these immigrants have established numerous specifically Fuzhounese religious communities, ranging from Buddhist, Daoist, and Chinese popular religion to Protestant and Catholic Christianity. This ethnographic study examines the central role of these religious communities in the immigrant incorporation process in Chinatown’s highly stratified ethnic enclave, as well as the transnational networks established between religious communities in New York and China. The author’s knowledge of Chinese coupled with his extensive fieldwork in both China and New York enable him to illuminate how these networks transmit religious and social dynamics to the United States, as well as how these new American institutions influence religious and social relations in the religious revival sweeping southeastern China. God in Chinatown is the first study to bring to light religion's significant role in the Fuzhounese immigrants’ dramatic transformation of the face of New York’s Chinatown.

The Truth about New York's Chinatown

Author : Clement Wood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Truth about New York's Chinatown written by Clement Wood and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Chinatown, New York

Author : Peter Kwong
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chinatown, New York written by Peter Kwong and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now back in print, the groundbreaking history of the rise and fall of labor movements in New York's Chinatown, updated with a new introduction and epilogue. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

New York's Chinatown

Author : Louis Joseph Beck
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New York's Chinatown written by Louis Joseph Beck and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Chinatowns of New York City

Author : Wendy Wan-Yin Tan
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738555102
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (551 download)

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Book Synopsis Chinatowns of New York City by : Wendy Wan-Yin Tan

Download or read book Chinatowns of New York City written by Wendy Wan-Yin Tan and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a span of more than a century, New York's Chinese communities have grown uninterruptedly from three streets in lower Manhattan to five Chinatowns, over 100 street blocks, across the boroughs of Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn. No other Chinese communities outside Asia come close to this magnitude.

New York's Chinatown

Author : Louis Joseph Beck
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book New York's Chinatown written by Louis Joseph Beck and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

New York City's Chinese Community

Author : Josephine Tsui Yueh Lee
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738550183
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (51 download)

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Book Synopsis New York City's Chinese Community by : Josephine Tsui Yueh Lee

Download or read book New York City's Chinese Community written by Josephine Tsui Yueh Lee and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning in the late 19th century, Chinese immigrants arrived in New York City with hopes of more opportunity for better lives. Once confined to a few streets in downtown Manhattan, the Chinese people gradually moved throughout the city. Their rich cultural traditions contribute to New York's vibrant multicultural community. New York City's Chinese Community captures the people, culture, history, businesses, events, and neighborhoods that have defined this community from the early days to more recent times. Historic photographs highlight details from the life and experiences of the Chinese population in New York, including their deep-rooted heritage and their new American ways of life.

The Snakehead

Author : Patrick Radden Keefe
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385530218
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book The Snakehead written by Patrick Radden Keefe and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2009-07-21 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this thrilling panorama of real-life events, the bestselling author of Empire of Pain investigates a secret world run by a surprising criminal: a charismatic middle-aged grandmother, who from a tiny noodle shop in New York’s Chinatown managed a multi-million dollar business smuggling people. “Reads like a mashup of The Godfather and Chinatown, complete with gun battles, a ruthless kingpin and a mountain of cash. Except that it’s all true.” —Time Keefe reveals the inner workings of Sister Ping’s complex empire and recounts the decade-long FBI investigation that eventually brought her down. He follows an often incompetent and sometimes corrupt INS as it pursues desperate immigrants risking everything to come to America, and along the way, he paints a stunning portrait of a generation of illegal immigrants and the intricate underground economy that sustains and exploits them. Grand in scope yet propulsive in narrative force, The Snakehead is both a kaleidoscopic crime story and a brilliant exploration of the ironies of immigration in America.

New York City Like a Local

Author : DK Eyewitness
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0744087813
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book New York City Like a Local written by DK Eyewitness and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-05-30 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Come to New York as a visitor, but experience it as a local, with the definitive guide to New York If you’re a first time visitor or familiar already, this guide will help you uncover an authentic local experience like no other. There’s something for everyone, no matter what your test, and a host of secrets and tips that will help you experience NYC like a local This one-of-a-kind travel guide to New York includes: • Two-color, bold modern design with contemporary illustrations throughout • Narrative style throughout, making the local, personal voice central to every entry • Structured by six themes and subsequent sub-themes, rather than areas, to echo how people are traveling, rather than where. Themes include Eat, Drink, Shop, and more! • Each entry includes its unique address so readers can pinpoint precisely where they are heading • Each theme ends with a tour spread, dedicated to a specific interest or experience. For example, “A Night Out in Greenwich Village” and “Thrifting in Williamsburg” • Created keeping in mind readers traveling in a post-Covid world Discover the best of the Big Apple Soaring skyscrapers, iconic museums, world-renowned parks, and a foodie scene like no other, New York is a city with something for everyone! The Empire State Building, Met Museum, and so many more incredible sights known across New York and the world are just waiting for you, and who better to give you the low-down on where to go than the locals? From the best brunch spots and dive bars to the ultimate thrift stores and off-Broadway shows, this New York guidebook will help you find all the local’s favorite hangout spots and hidden haunts. Canoe along Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal, browse long-standing record stores in the East Village, and while away an evening at an Upper East Side wine bar. More in the series From Paris and London to San Francisco and Tokyo, there are more places to discover with these niche local guides! Written by the people who call it home, the Like A Local series from DK takes you beyond the tourist track to experience the heart and soul of each city!

American Chinatown

Author : Bonnie Tsui
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416558365
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book American Chinatown written by Bonnie Tsui and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-08-11 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CHINATOWN, U.S.A.: a state of mind, a world within a world, a neighborhood that exists in more cities than you might imagine. Every day, Americans find "something different" in Chinatown's narrow lanes and overflowing markets, tasting exotic delicacies from a world apart or bartering for a trinket on the street -- all without ever leaving the country. It's a place that's foreign yet familiar, by now quite well known on the Western cultural radar, but splitting the difference still gives many visitors to Chinatown the sense, above all, that things are not what they seem -- something everyone in popular culture, from Charlie Chan to Jack Nicholson, has been telling us for decades. And it's true that few visitors realize just how much goes on beneath the surface of this vibrant microcosm, a place with its own deeply felt history and stories of national cultural significance. But Chinatown is not a place that needs solving; it's a place that needs a more specific telling. In American Chinatown, acclaimed travel writer Bonnie Tsui takes an affectionate and attentive look at the neighborhood that has bewitched her since childhood, when she eagerly awaited her grandfather's return from the fortune-cookie factory. Tsui visits the country's four most famous Chinatowns -- San Francisco (the oldest), New York (the biggest), Los Angeles (the film icon), Honolulu (the crossroads) -- and makes her final, fascinating stop in Las Vegas (the newest; this Chinatown began as a mall); in her explorations, she focuses on the remarkable experiences of ordinary people, everyone from first-to fifth-generation Chinese Americans. American Chinatown breaks down the enigma of Chinatown by offering narrative glimpses: intriguing characters who reveal the realities and the unexpected details of Chinatown life that American audiences haven't heard. There are beauty queens, celebrity chefs, immigrant garment workers; there are high school kids who are changing inner-city life in San Francisco, Chinese extras who played key roles in 1940s Hollywood, new arrivals who go straight to dealer school in Las Vegas hoping to find their fortunes in their own vision of "gold mountain." Tsui's investigations run everywhere, from mom-and-pop fortune-cookie factories to the mall, leaving no stone unturned. By interweaving her personal impressions with the experiences of those living in these unique communities, Tsui beautifully captures their vivid stories, giving readers a deeper look into what "Chinatown" means to its inhabitants, what each community takes on from its American home, and what their experience means to America at large. For anyone who has ever wandered through Chinatown and wondered what it was all about, and for Americans wanting to understand the changing face of their own country, American Chinatown is an all-access pass.

Chinatown Pretty

Author : Valerie Luu
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1452175837
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (521 download)

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Download or read book Chinatown Pretty written by Valerie Luu and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chinatown Pretty features beautiful portraits and heartwarming stories of trend-setting seniors across six Chinatowns. Andria Lo and Valerie Luu have been interviewing and photographing Chinatown's most fashionable elders on their blog and Instagram, Chinatown Pretty, since 2014. Chinatown Pretty is a signature style worn by pòh pohs (grandmas) and gùng gungs (grandpas) everywhere—but it's also a life philosophy, mixing resourcefulness, creativity, and a knack for finding joy even in difficult circumstances. • Photos span Chinatowns in San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York City, and Vancouver. • The style is a mix of modern and vintage, high and low, handmade and store bought clothing. • This is a celebration of Chinese American culture, active old-age, and creative style. Chinatown Pretty shares nuggets of philosophical wisdom and personal stories about immigration and Chinese-American culture. This book is great for anyone looking for advice on how to live to a ripe old age with grace and good humor—and, of course, on how to stay stylish. • This book will resonate with photography buffs, fashionistas, and Asian Americans of all ages. • Chinatown Pretty has been featured by Vogue.com, San Francisco Chronicle, Design Sponge, Rookie, Refinery29, and others. • With a textured cover and glossy bellyband, this beautiful volume makes a deluxe gift. • Add it to the shelf with books like Humans of New York by Brandon Stanton, Advanced Style by Ari Seth Cohen, and Fruits by Shoichi Aoki.

Reconstructing Chinatown

Author : Jan Lin
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 9781452903569
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Reconstructing Chinatown written by Jan Lin and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the American popular imagination, Chinatown is a mysterious and dangerous place, clannish and dilapidated, filled with sweatshops, vice, and organizational crime. This volume presents a real-world picture of New York City's Chinatown, countering the "orientalist" view by looking at the human dimensions and the larger forces of globalization that make this neighbourhood both unique and broadly instructive.

Chinatown Gangs

Author : Ko-lin Chin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195350464
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Chinatown Gangs written by Ko-lin Chin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2000-02-10 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Chinatown Gangs, Ko-lin Chin penetrates a closed society and presents a rare portrait of the underworld of New York City's Chinatown. Based on first-hand accounts from gang members, gang victims, community leaders, and law enforcement authorities, this pioneering study reveals the pervasiveness, the muscle, the longevity, and the institutionalization of Chinatown gangs. Chin reveals the fear gangs instill in the Chinese community. At the same time, he shows how the economic viability of the community is sapped, and how gangs encourage lawlessness, making a mockery of law enforcement agencies. Ko-lin Chin makes clear that gang crime is inexorably linked to Chinatown's political economy and social history. He shows how gangs are formed to become "equalizers" within a social environment where individual and group conflicts, whether social, political, or economic, are unlikely to be solved in American courts. Moreover, Chin argues that Chinatown's informal economy provides yet another opportunity for street gangs to become "providers" or "protectors" of illegal services. These gangs, therefore, are the pathological manifestation of a closed community, one whose problems are not easily seen--and less easily understood--by outsiders. Chin's concrete data on gang characteristics, activities, methods of operation and violence make him uniquely qualified to propose ways to restrain gang violence, and Chinatown Gangs closes with his specific policy suggestions. It is the definitive study of gangs in an American Chinatown.

Chinatown Beat

Author : Henry Chang
Publisher : Soho Press
ISBN 13 : 1569476845
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (694 download)

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Download or read book Chinatown Beat written by Henry Chang and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detective Jack Yu is assigned to the Chinatown precinct as the only officer of Chinese descent. He investigates a series of attacks on children and a missing mistress, shifting between the world of street thugs and gangs and the Chinatown of the rich and powerful. When Detective Jack Yu is transferred to New York’s Chinatown, he isn’t ready to face the changes in his old neighborhood. His childhood friends are now hardened gangsters, his father is dying, and he is constantly reminded of this teenage blood brother, murdered in front of him years before. Then community leader and tong boss Uncle Four is gunned down and his mistress goes missing. But unlike the rest of the culturally clueless police department, Jack knows his district’s gritty secrets. He will have to draw on his knowledge in order to catch this killer in a crime-ridden precinct where brotherhoods are just as likely to distribute charity as mete out vigilante justice.

The New Chinatown

Author : Peter Kwong
Publisher : New York : Hill and Wang
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The New Chinatown written by Peter Kwong and published by New York : Hill and Wang. This book was released on 1987 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Chinatown Trunk Mystery

Author : Mary Ting Yi Lui
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691216282
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book The Chinatown Trunk Mystery written by Mary Ting Yi Lui and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the summer of 1909, the gruesome murder of nineteen-year-old Elsie Sigel sent shock waves through New York City and the nation at large. The young woman's strangled corpse was discovered inside a trunk in the midtown Manhattan apartment of her reputed former Sunday school student and lover, a Chinese man named Leon Ling. Through the lens of this unsolved murder, Mary Ting Yi Lui offers a fascinating snapshot of social and sexual relations between Chinese and non-Chinese populations in turn-of-the-century New York City. Sigel's murder was more than a notorious crime, Lui contends. It was a clear signal that attempts to maintain geographical and social boundaries between the city's Chinese male and white female populations had failed. When police discovered Sigel and Leon Ling's love letters, giving rise to the theory that Leon Ling killed his lover in a fit of jealous rage, this idea became even more embedded in the public consciousness. New Yorkers condemned the work of Chinese missions and eagerly participated in the massive national and international manhunt to locate the vanished Leon Ling. Lui explores how the narratives of racial and sexual danger that arose from the Sigel murder revealed widespread concerns about interracial social and sexual mixing during the era. She also examines how they provoked far-reaching skepticism about regulatory efforts to limit the social and physical mobility of Chinese immigrants and white working-class and middle-class women. Through her thorough re-examination of this notorious murder, Lui reveals in unprecedented detail how contemporary politics of race, gender, and sexuality shaped public responses to the presence of Chinese immigrants during the Chinese exclusion era.

Tea That Burns

Author : Bruce Hall
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743236599
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book Tea That Burns written by Bruce Hall and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1998 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bruce Edward Hall may have an English name and a Connecticut upbringing, but for him a trip to Chinatown, New York, is a visit to the ghosts of his Chinese ancestors - ancestors who helped create the neighborhood that is really as much a transplanted Cantonese village as it is a part of a great American city. Among these Ancestors are missionaries and reprobates, businessmen and scholars. In Tea That Burns, Bruce Edward Hall uses the stories of these and others to tell the history of Chinatown, starting with the tumultuous journey from an ancient empire ruled by the nine dragons of the universe to a bewildering land of elevated trains, solitary labor, and violent discrimination. The world they constructed was built of backbreaking labor and poetry contests; gambling dens and Cantonese opera; Tong Wars, festivals, firecrackers, incense, and food - always food, to celebrate every conceivable occasion and to confound the ever-meddlesome "White Devils" as they attempt to master the mysteries of chop sticks and stir-fry.