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The Chinese Laundryman
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Author : Paul C.P. Siu
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 1987
The Chinese Laundryman written by Paul C.P. Siu and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Business & Economics categories.
The definitive scholarly study of Chinese laundries and those who worked in them in the U.S. Considered a classic piece by students of overseas Chinese and Asian American studies, "The Chinese Laundryman" is also a landmark in the study of ethnic occupations and in the social and cultural history of the immigrant in America. *Lightning Print On Demand Title
The Chinese Laundryman
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Author : Paul Chan Pang Siu
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
The Chinese Laundryman written by Paul Chan Pang Siu and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Business & Economics categories.
The Chinese Laundry
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Author : Robert B. Boeder
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2012-02-02
The Chinese Laundry written by Robert B. Boeder and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-02 with Fiction categories.
The wintry San Juan Mountains provide the backdrop for this tale of one man's struggle against discrimination in a Victorian era Colorado mining town. Lee, a Chinese laundryman, has already been run out of Central City. He desperately wants to avoid the same fate in Silverton, but forces beyond his control conspire against him. Anyone who visits the Four Corners area or rides the Durango and Silverton Narrow Guage Railroad will enjoy this story filled with authentic details of everyday life in the late 19th century West.
The Laundryman S Boy
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Author : Edward Y. C. Lee
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2024-04-02
The Laundryman S Boy written by Edward Y. C. Lee and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-04-02 with Fiction categories.
Fall 1913, St. Catharines, Ontario. Thirteen-year-old Hoi Wing Woo, the son of a scholar, is forced to give up his dreams of an education when he is sent to work in a Chinese laundry in Canada. Hoi Wing is immediately thrust into relentless, mind-numbing toil, washing clothes by hand for sixteen hours a day, six days a week. Isolated and friendless, he falls into despair. When he meets Heather, an Irish scullery maid who shares his love of books, Hoi Wing’s life immediately brightens. Together, they escape the drudgery of their work by reading novels in a secret hideout. As their friendship grows, they defy the restrictions of their servitude and embark on a plan to better their lives. But Hoi Wing’s dreams will not go unchallenged. Jonathan Braddock, a wealthy and influential entrepreneur who heads the Asiatic Exclusion League, has decided to run for mayor. If Braddock is elected, Hoi Wing will be sent back to China. The Laundryman’s Boy is a moving coming-of-age story that bravely examines notions of race, duty and friendship in early Canada.
Enduring Hardship
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Author : Ban Seng Hoe
language : en
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Release Date : 2003-01-01
Enduring Hardship written by Ban Seng Hoe and has been published by University of Ottawa Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-01 with Social Science categories.
Faced with discrimination, early Chinese immigrants had little choice but to create their own economic niche. From the turn of the twentieth century into the 1950s, generations of Chinese immigrants toiled as laundry workers. This book poignantly describes why the Chinese laundry remains a symbol of hard work, sacrifice and enduring hardship.
Chinese Laundries
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Author : John Jung
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2007
Chinese Laundries written by John Jung and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
A social history of the role of the Chinese laundry on the survival of early Chinese immigrants in the U.S.during the Chinese Exclusion law period, 1882-1943, and in Canada during the years of the Head Tax, 1885-1923, and exclusion law, 1923-1947. Why and how Chinese got into the laundry business and how they had to fight discriminatory laws and competition from white-owned laundries to survive. Description of their lives, work demands, and living conditions. Reflections by a sample of children who grew up living in the backs of their laundries provide vivid first-person glimpses of the difficult lives of Chinese laundrymen and their families.
Chinese Diaspora Archaeology In North America
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Author : Chelsea Rose
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Release Date : 2020-04-08
Chinese Diaspora Archaeology In North America written by Chelsea Rose and has been published by University Press of Florida this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-08 with Social Science categories.
Archaeologists are increasingly interested in studying the experiences of Chinese immigrants, yet this area of research is mired in long-standing interpretive models that essentialize race and identity. Showcasing the enormous amount of data available on the lives of Chinese people who migrated to North America in the nineteenth century, this volume charts new directions by providing fresh approaches to interpreting immigrant life. In this volume, leading scholars first tackle broad questions of how best to position and understand these populations. They then delve into a variety of site-based and topical case studies, providing new approaches to themes like Chinese immigrant foodways and highlighting understudied topics including entrepreneurialism, cross-cultural interactions, and conditions in the Jim Crow South. Pushing back against old colonial-based tropes, contributors call for an awareness of the transnational relationships created through migration, engagement with broader archaeological and anthropological debates, and the expansion of research into new contexts and topics. Contributors: Linda Bentz | Todd J. Braje | Kelly N. Fong | D. Ryan Gray | J. Ryan Kennedy | Christopher Merritt | Laura W. | Virginia S. Popper | Adrian Praetzellis | Mary Praetzellis | Chelsea Rose | Douglas E. Ross | Charlotte K. Sunseri | Barbara L. Voss | Priscilla Wegars | Henry Yu
To Save China To Save Ourselves
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Author : Renqiu Yu
language : en
Publisher: Temple University Press
Release Date : 1995-09-15
To Save China To Save Ourselves written by Renqiu Yu and has been published by Temple University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-09-15 with Business & Economics categories.
Combining archival research in Chinese language sources with oral history interviews, Renqiu Yu examines the Chinese Hand Laundry Alliance (CHLA), an organization that originated in 1933 to help Chinese laundry workers break their isolation in American society. Yu brings to life the men who labored in New York laundries, depicting their meager existence, their struggles against discrimination and exploitation, and their dreams of returning to China. The persistent efforts of the CHLA succeeded in changing the workers' status in American society and improving the image of the Chinese among the American public. Yu is especially concerned with the political activities of the CHLA, which was founded in reaction to proposed New York City legislation that would have put the Chinese laundries out of business. When the conservative Chinese social organization could not help the launderers, they broke with tradition and created their own organization. Not only did the CHLA defeat the legislative requirements that would have closed them down, but their "people's diplomacy" won American support for China during its war with Japan. The CHLA staged a campaign in the 1930s and 40s which took as its slogan, "To Save China, To Save Ourselves." Focusing on this campaign, Yu also examines the complex relationship between the democratically oriented CHLA and the Chinese American left in the 1930s.
Chinese America History And Perspectives 1987
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language : en
Publisher: Chinese Historical Society
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Chinese America History And Perspectives 1987 written by and has been published by Chinese Historical Society this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Chinese Islanders
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Author : Hung-Min Chiang
language : en
Publisher: Charlottetown, P.E.I. : Island Studies Press
Release Date : 2006
Chinese Islanders written by Hung-Min Chiang and has been published by Charlottetown, P.E.I. : Island Studies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
The history of one of the Islands smallest ethnic groups.