Alas! What Brought Thee Hither?:The Chinese in New York, 1800-1950
by Arthur Bonner
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0838637043
- ISBN 13
- 9780838637043
- Seller
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Newhaven, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. A Very Good copy. Tightly bound, clean, bright, unmarked pages. Rubbing to edges of jacket, plus short closed tear to top front edge. This is the first iconographic history of the Chinese in New York. The history of immigrants who left scant records of their struggle to survive in a society in which the Chinese were reviled as angerous, opium soaked, and unassimilable is recounted. Includes 180 illustrations. 203 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1250 grams. Category: Sociology & Culture; ISBN/EAN: 9780838637043. Inventory No: dscf3901. .
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- Bookseller
- Denton Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- dscf3901
- Title
- Alas! What Brought Thee Hither?:The Chinese in New York, 1800-1950
- Author
- Arthur Bonner
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0838637043
- ISBN 13
- 9780838637043
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
- Place of Publication
- Madison
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- Sociology & Culture;
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