Description: New York before Chinatown by John Kuo Wei Tchen Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description In the third part, Tchen focuses on how Americans attitude toward the Chinese changed from fascination to demonization, leading to the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Acts beginning in 1882. Publisher Description From George Washingtons desire (in the heat of the Revolutionary War) for a proper set of Chinese porcelains for afternoon tea, to the lives of Chinese-Irish couples in the 1830s, to the commercial success of Chang and Eng (the "Siamese Twins"), to rising fears of "heathen Chinee", this book offers a provocative look at the role Chinese people, objects, and ideas played in the fashioning of American culture and politics. Piecing together various historical fragments and anecdotes from the years before Chinatown emerged in the late 1870s, historian John Kuo Wei Tchen redraws Manhattans historical landscape and broadens our understanding of the role of port cultures in the making of American identities. Tchen tells his story in three parts. In the first, he explores Americas fascination with Asia as a source of luxury items, cultural taste, and lucrative trade. In the second, he explains how Chinese, European-Americans in Yellowface, and various caricatures became objects of curiosity in the expansive commercial marketplace.In the third part, Tchen focuses on how Americans attitude toward the Chinese changed from fascination to demonization, leading to the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Acts beginning in 1882. Author Biography 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 Genthes Photographs of San Franciscos Old Chinatown, 1895-1906 and he edited Paul C. P. Sius The Chinese Laundryman. In 1980, Tchen cofounded the Museum of Chinese in the Americas. Details ISBN 0801867940 ISBN-13 9780801867941 Title New York before Chinatown Author John Kuo Wei Tchen Format Paperback Year 2001 Pages 416 Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press GE_Item_ID:137238409; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9780801867941
Book Title: New York before Chinatown
Number of Pages: 416 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: New York before Chinatown : Orientalism and the Shaping of American Culture, 1776-1882
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Subject: United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies, United States / General, Sociology / Urban
Publication Year: 2001
Item Height: 1 in
Item Weight: 21.7 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Social Science, History
Author: John Kuo Wei Tchen
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
