Description
This fascinating book by Professor Tchen is required reading for anyone interested in the history of New York City. -- Dolores Hayden, Yale University, author of The Power of Place New York before Chinatown is a large, ambitious, and impressive work-one of the very best and certainly one of the most original studies of its kind. -- Lawrence Levine, George Mason University, author of The Opening of the American Mind
About the Author
John Kuo Wei Tchen is director of Asian/Pacific/American Studies and an associate professor of history at New York University. Tchen received an American Book Award for Genthe's Photographs of San Francisco's Old Chinatown, 1895-1906 and he edited Paul C. P. Siu's The Chinese Laundryman. In 1980, Tchen cofounded the Museum of Chinese in the Americas.
Reviews
This study sets a new standard for Asian American scholarship... Exhaustively researched, deftly argued, beautifully written, and sumptuously illustrated, New York before Chinatown is one of the best books on Asian immigration and its impact on American culture ever written. -- Andrew Gyory Journal of American Ethnic History An outstanding book. It simply leaves you wanting more! -- K. Scott Wong International Migration Review
Awards
Winner of History/Social Science Book Award 2000 (United States) and John Hope Franklin Prize 2000 (United States) and Brendan Gill Award 2000 (United States).
Book Information
ISBN 9780801867941
Author John Kuo Wei Tchen
Format Paperback
Page Count 416
Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
Weight(grams) 612g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 25mm