Sweet Cakes, Long Journey: The Chinatowns of Portland, Oregon

Book

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Chinese Historical Society of America

Name/Title

Sweet Cakes, Long Journey: The Chinatowns of Portland, Oregon

Entry/Object ID

2003.050.00355

Description

"Around the turn of the twentieth century, and for decades therafter, Oregon had the second largest Chinese population in America...Wong chronicles the history of Portland's Chinatowns from their early beginnings in the 1850's until the repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act in the 1940's. Drawing from primary materials from the National Archives, Wong examines the enforcement of exclusion laws in America and the means by which Chinese immigrants gained illegal entry into the country."

Book Details

Author

Marie Rose Wong

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Seattle and London

Date Published

2004

Publication Language

English

ISBN

0-295-98383-3

Notes

Call No.: F884.P89C5 2003

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: Yan, M Status Date: 2004-06-15