Book

Longtime Californ': a documentary study of an American Chinatown

Stanford University Press • Stanford, Calif. • Published In 1986 • Pages:

By: Nee, Victor, Nee, Brett de Bary.

Abstract

This is an in-depth study of the Chinatown community in San Francisco, California during its past one hundred and twenty year history. The Nees discuss the forces that created Chinatown and continue to perpetuate its existence, the sources of its cohesiveness and resilience as an American ethnic community, and the consciousness of its people (p. xi). Biographical sketches, obtained from interviews with elderly Chinese informants, help the reader to gain insight into what it was like growing up in San Francisco's Chinatown from its early days until ca. 1971. Much of the data relate to immigrants and immigration policies (primarily of the United State government), the family society, Chinese associations, relationships with the host society and its discriminatory practices, Chinese enterprises (e.g., laundries, restaurants, groceries), housing, employment opportunities (with particular emphasis on the garment industry), and student radicals and their role in the changing society.

HRAF PubDate

1995

Region

North America

Sub Region

Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures

Document Type

Book

Evaluation

Creator Type

Social Scientist

Document Rating

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

John Beierle

Field Date

summer 1970 (p. xi-xvi), 11 months starting May 1971 (p. xvii)

Coverage Date

variable

Coverage Place

San Francisco, Calif., United States

Notes

Victor G. and Brett de Bary Nee

Reprint, originally published: New York : Pantheon Books, 1973

Includes bibliographical references and index

LCSH

Chinese Americans/Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.)