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