Contagious Divides: Epidemics and Race in San Francisco's Chinatown, Paperback - Nayan Shah

Reducere. Contagious Divides charts the dynamic transformation of representations of Chinese immigrants from medical menace in the nineteenth century to mode...

From the bestselling author of The House of Mondavi a riveting, revelatory history of the trafficking of young Asian girls that flourished in San F...

Reducere. Richard Dillon, one of California's premier historians, tells the compelling story of San Francisco's exotic pre-1906 Chinatown when vicious hoodlu...

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Reducere. San Francisco's Chinatown--the oldest, largest, and most famous Chinese enclave outside of Asia--is more than a tourist attraction. Since its birth...

The unique character of San Francisco's Chinatown is revealed in a historical map and fascinating photographs This colorful and celebratory time ca...

Reducere. In exploring an array of intimacies between global migrants Nayan Shah illuminates a stunning, transient world of heterogeneous social relations--d...

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Reducere. At the turn of the 20th century, the Haight-Ashbury first gained prominence as the gateway to Golden Gate Park; six decades later, it would anchor ...

Reducere. Showcases the once-familiar sites that have faded into dim memories and hazy legends. Not just a list of places, facts, and dates, this title shows...

Reducere. The first global history of hunger strikes as a tactic in prisons, conflicts, and protest movements. The power of the hunger strike lies in its utt...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Portola has a long and unique history dating back to the late 1800s. Too often misidentified with neighboring districts, it has its ...

This monograph examines Caryl Phillips's The Nature of Blood (1997), a novel exploring recurring expressions of exclusion and discrimination throug...

Reducere. Since the earliest days of colonial America, the relationship between cotton and the African-American experience has been central to the history of...

A powerful anthology giving voice to the mental health struggles experienced by people of colour in the UK.Publisher: Pan MacmillanAuthor(s): Riann...

Reducere. Hemmed in by steep hills, Glen Park is defined by its quintessentially San Franciscan topography. Only 120 years ago this area, as well as neighbor...

Reducere. What was once home to the native tribe known as the Ohlone, and functioning as guardian of the San Francisco Bay under Spanish, Mexican, and Americ...

Reducere. DescriptionOn June 29, 1776, Fr. Francisco Palou dedicated the first site of Mission San Francisco de Asis on the shores of Dolores Lagoon. At the ...

Reducere. The transformation of San Francisco's Sunset District from a seemingly uninhabitable, windswept realm of sand dunes and shrub to a comfortable resi...

Reducere. A provocative call to dislodge ethnic nationalism from Irish traditional music Just how "Irish" is traditional Irish music? Trad Nation combines et...

American ideas about race owe much to the notion of an undifferentiated "heathen world" held together by its need of assistance. This religious not...

She discusses early-twentieth century women whose musical lives were shaped by Ireland's struggles to become a nation; follows the career of Julia ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe prestige of Pacific Heights and Presidio Heights has long fascinated and awed San Francisco residents and visitors. The westward exp...

Reducere. When you're in West Portal and the adjacent Forest Hill and St. Francis Wood, it's hard to believe you're still in San Francisco. These quiet and p...

Offers the first book-length portrait of punk as a musical style with an emphasis on how punk developed in relation to changing ideas of race in Am...

Taking in a wide range of film, television, and literature, this volume explores 21st century horror and its monsters from an intersectional perspe...

Reducere. San Francisco Bay is the largest and most productive estuary on the Pacific Coast of North America. It is also home to the oldest and densest urban...

Reducere. North Beach and Telegraph Hill are among San Francisco's most charming and historic districts. In the early years, Mexican and Spanish settlements ...

In Almost Free, Eva Sheppard Wolf uses the story of Samuel Johnson, a free black man from Virginia attempting to free his family, to add detail and...

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Publisher: Asian Art Museum of San FranciscoAuthor(s): Kumja Paik KimIllustration(s): full-color illusNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2017Dim...

Reducere. DescriptionGum Moon (Cantonese for "Gold Door" or "Golden Gate") is the remarkable coming of age story of a Chinese-American girl, Mei Chun Lai, wh...