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On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family

by Lisa See

ISBN13: 9780679768524
ISBN10: 0679768521
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Out of the stories heard in her childhood in Los Angeles's Chinatown and years of research, See has constructed this sweeping chronicle of her Chinese-American family, a work that takes in stories of racism and romance, entrepreneurial genius and domestic heartache, secret marriages and sibling rivalries, in a powerful history of two cultures meeting in a new world. 82 photos.

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"Astonishing.... A comprehensive and exhaustively researched account of a Chinese-American family... that juggles such explosive elements as race, class, tradition, prejudice, poverty, and great wealth in new and relatively unexpected combinations." Los Angeles Times

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-394).

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ISBN:: 9780679768524
Subtitle:: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family
Author:: See, Lisa
Publisher:: Vintage Books USA
Location:: New York :
Subject:: Historical
Subject:: California
Subject:: Biography
Subject:: History
Subject:: United States - General
Subject:: Genealogy
Subject:: Government and political science
Subject:: United States - 20th Century
Subject:: Historical - General
Subject:: United States - 19th Century
Subject:: Chinese americans
Subject:: California Biography.
Subject:: Family
Subject:: See, Lisa - Family
Edition Description:: 1st Vintage Books ed.
Series Volume:: 162
Publication Date:: August 1996
Binding:: Paperback
Language:: English
Illustrations:: Yes
Pages:: 448
Dimensions:: 8.03x5.20x.95 in. .93 lbs.

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