Re/collecting Early Asian America: Essays in Cultural HistoryJosephine D. Lee, Imogene L. Lim, Yuko Matsukawa |
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... living and writing in America in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries . Both combine scholarly research and crit- ical interpretation to emphasize not only the continued importance of looking for early Asian American authors ...
... living and writing in America in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries . Both combine scholarly research and crit- ical interpretation to emphasize not only the continued importance of looking for early Asian American authors ...
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... evidence for European Canadian women living in Chinatown is strong ; the pres- ence of Chinese or Chinese Canadian women is less apparent . The majority of Chinese TABLE 2.3 . Occupants of Dupont Street , North Side. 24 IMOGENE L. LIM.
... evidence for European Canadian women living in Chinatown is strong ; the pres- ence of Chinese or Chinese Canadian women is less apparent . The majority of Chinese TABLE 2.3 . Occupants of Dupont Street , North Side. 24 IMOGENE L. LIM.
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... 1992 ; Marlatt and liter 1979 ) . Few exist , for remem- bering can be painful and difficult to reveal . For some , these histories are within living memory . As one individual stated , she wants to PACIFIC ENTRY , PACIFIC CENTURY 27.
... 1992 ; Marlatt and liter 1979 ) . Few exist , for remem- bering can be painful and difficult to reveal . For some , these histories are within living memory . As one individual stated , she wants to PACIFIC ENTRY , PACIFIC CENTURY 27.
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... living in large camps , and only a few hundred residing in localities with large foreign , non - Chinese populations ( Chiu 1963 , 11 , 13 ) . Typically , the Chinese located their camps away from Euro - American camps to lessen contact ...
... living in large camps , and only a few hundred residing in localities with large foreign , non - Chinese populations ( Chiu 1963 , 11 , 13 ) . Typically , the Chinese located their camps away from Euro - American camps to lessen contact ...
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... living in a perfect village of small tents , all clustered together on the rocks . " Later he encountered a Chinese camp in a gulch near Angels Camp . Here about a hundred Chinese had pitched their tents on a rocky eminence by the side ...
... living in a perfect village of small tents , all clustered together on the rocks . " Later he encountered a Chinese camp in a gulch near Angels Camp . Here about a hundred Chinese had pitched their tents on a rocky eminence by the side ...
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