Displaying 1 of 1 2010 Format: Book Author: Ngai, Mae M. Title: The lucky ones : one family and the extraordinary invention of Chinese America / Mae M. Ngai. Publisher, Date: Boston [Mass.] : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010. Description: xi, 288 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm Summary: Traces three generations of a Chinese-American family from its patriarch's self-invention as an immigration broker in post-gold rush San Francisco to the family's intimate involvement in the 1904 World's Fair. Subjects: Tapp family. Chinese Americans -- California -- San Francisco -- Biography. Chinese Americans -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 19th century. Chinese Americans -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 20th century. Chinese Americans -- California -- San Francisco -- Social conditions -- 19th century. Chinese Americans -- California -- San Francisco -- Social conditions -- 20th century. Chinese Americans -- Cultural assimilation -- California -- San Francisco. Chinese Americans -- California -- San Francisco -- Ethnic identity. San Francisco (Calif.) -- Biography. Genre: Biographies. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-276) and index. Contents: Tape family tree -- Strivings (1864-1883). The lucky one ; The first rescue ; Joseph and Mary -- School days (1884-1894). "That Chinese girl" ; Chinatown's frontier -- Native sons and daughters (1895-1904). Suburban squire ; Two marriages ; The Chinese village -- The interpreter class (1905-1917). Blood and fire ; In pursuit of smugglers ; Modern life ; The trial ; "Sailors should go ashore" -- Reinventions (1917-1950). The new daughter-in-law ; Loss ; Service. Web Site: Sample text Contributor biographical information Publisher description LCCN: 2010005750 ISBN: 9780618651160 0618651160 Other Number: 505420675 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 267568 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 305.8951 Ngai Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
