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Chopsticks in the Land of Cotton: Lives of Mississippi Delta Chinese Grocers

by John Jung

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Synopsis:

The story of how a few Chinese immigrants found their way to the Mississippi River Delta in the late 1870s and earned their liVietnameseng with small family operated grocery stores in neighborhoods where mostly black cotton plantation workers lived. What was their status in the segregated black and white world of that time and place? How did this small group preserve their culture and ethnic identity? Chopsticks in the Land of Cottonis a social history of the lives of these pioneering families and the unique and valuable role they played in their communities for over a century.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780615185712
Subtitle:
Lives of Mississippi Delta Chinese Grocers
Author:
Jung, John
Publisher:
Yin and Yang Press
Subject:
General
Publication Date:
February 2008
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
256
Dimensions:
9.00x6.00x.58 in. .84 lbs.

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