The New Chinatown : Revised Edition
Editorial Reviews
David Montgomery, Yale University
Peter Kwong's informed and up-to-date socio-historical study of modern Chinese communities in the United States-and their continuing isolation and disenfranchisement-offers a "splendid antidote to the consistent misrepresentation of Chinese-American life in the press and in scholarly writings. This important book breaks through the myth of the 'model minority' to reveal the character of Chinatown's economic boom, the new sources of conflict and domination it has created, and the recent struggles of the community's workers and political activists."
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Peter Kwong's informed and up-to-date socio-historical study of modern Chinese communities in the United States-and their continuing isolation and disenfranchisement-offers a "slendid antidote to the consistent misrepresentation of Chinese-American life in the press and in scholarly writings. This important book breaks through the myth of the 'model minority' to reveal the character of Chinatown's economic boom, the new sources of conflict and domination it has created, and the recent struggles of the community's workers and political activists." --David Montgomery, Yale University
The New Chinatown : Revised Edition,Peter Kwong,Hill and Wang,0809015854,American,Asians In The U.S.,Business/Economics,Chinatown (New York, N.Y.),Chinese Americans,Contemporary Economic Situations And Conditions,Current Affairs,Economic Conditions,General,Minority Studies - Ethnic American,New York,New York (N.Y.),New York (State),Politics / Current Events,Social Science / Sociology / Urban
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