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Mae M. Ngai

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Description:"The Lucky Ones" uncovers the story of the Tape family in post-gold rush, racially explosive San Francisco. Mae Ngai paints a fascinating picture of how the role of immigration broker allowed patriarch Jeu Dip (Joseph Tape) to both protest and profit from discrimination, and of the Tapes as the first of a new social type--middle-class Chinese Americans.Tape family history illuminates American history. Seven-year-old Mamie attempts to integrate California schools, resulting in the landmark 1885 case "Tape v. Hurley." The family's intimate involvement in the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair reveals how Chinese American brokers essentially invented Chinatown, and so Chinese culture, for American audiences. Finally, "The Lucky Ones" reveals aspects--timely, haunting, and hopeful--of the lasting legacy of the immigrant experience for all Americans.This expanded edition features a new preface and a selection of historical documents from the Chinese exclusion era that forms the backdrop to the Tape family's story.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Lucky Ones: One Family and the Extraordinary Invention of Chinese America - Expanded paperback Edition. To get started finding The Lucky Ones: One Family and the Extraordinary Invention of Chinese America - Expanded paperback Edition, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: "The Lucky Ones" uncovers the story of the Tape family in post-gold rush, racially explosive San Francisco. Mae Ngai paints a fascinating picture of how the role of immigration broker allowed patriarch Jeu Dip (Joseph Tape) to both protest and profit from discrimination, and of the Tapes as the first of a new social type--middle-class Chinese Americans.Tape family history illuminates American history. Seven-year-old Mamie attempts to integrate California schools, resulting in the landmark 1885 case "Tape v. Hurley." The family's intimate involvement in the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair reveals how Chinese American brokers essentially invented Chinatown, and so Chinese culture, for American audiences. Finally, "The Lucky Ones" reveals aspects--timely, haunting, and hopeful--of the lasting legacy of the immigrant experience for all Americans.This expanded edition features a new preface and a selection of historical documents from the Chinese exclusion era that forms the backdrop to the Tape family's story.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Lucky Ones: One Family and the Extraordinary Invention of Chinese America - Expanded paperback Edition. To get started finding The Lucky Ones: One Family and the Extraordinary Invention of Chinese America - Expanded paperback Edition, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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