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Lädt ... New York's Chinatown; an historical presentation of its people and placesvon Louis Joseph Beck
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Excerpt from New York's Chinatown: An Historical Presentation of Its People and Places Above all it has been the aim of the writer to present the Chinaman and his Chinatown as they are seen through the glass of the news gatherer in that quaint section of the great Metropolis. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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He conjures a colorful portrait of Chinatown, chock a block with opium addicts, tong wars, gambling, Chinese children sold into slavery, reckless highbinders, Joss worship, prostitution, and weird customs. When Beck seeks to portray the positive aspects of life in Chinatown, he teeters between genuine empathy and patronizing condescension: "it will be found that these Chinamen are a frugal, industrious, docile, honest class of people, practicing many virtues which should commend them and which might be well emulated by their detractors."
The neighborhood of Mott, Pell, and Doyers Streets was not referred to as "Chinatown" until 1880 and Beck's book was published only 18 years later. Whatever you may think about Beck's attitudes towards his subject, his book is an unequaled history of the early days of New York's Chinese community. ( )