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New York Before Chinatown

Orientalism and the Shaping of American Culture, 1776-1882

New York Before Chinatown( )
Author: Weitchen, John J.
Tchen, John Kuo Wei
ISBN:978-0-8018-6006-5
Publication Date:Aug 1999
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $111.00
Book Description:

From George Washington's 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,'' New York before Chinatown offers a provocative look at the ......



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