Chinese San Francisco, 1850-1943 Rebecca L. Toporek The River Severn pulls together

The River Severn pulls together threads of history

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Chinese San Francisco, 1850-1943 Rebecca L. Toporek The River Severn pulls togetherFounded during the Gold Rush years, San Francisco's Chinatown became the largest and most vibrant Chinese community in America, and helped shape white America's view of Asians in general. This is a detailed social and cultural history of the Chinese in San Francisco, relating the development of social and cultural institutions, from brothels to the powerful 'Six Companies'. Recapturing in vivid detail both the community's collective mentalities and