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Building tradition : pan-Asian Seattle and life in the residential hotels / Marie Rose Wong.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wong, Marie Rose, 1954- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture and society--Washington (State)--Seattle.
- Architecture and society.
- Single-room occupancy hotels--Washington (State)--Seattle.
- Single-room occupancy hotels.
- Asian Americans--Washington (State)--Seattle--Social conditions.
- Asian Americans.
- Chinatown-International District (Seattle, Wash.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
- Chinatown-International District (Seattle, Wash.).
- Seattle (Wash.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
- Seattle (Wash.).
- Chinatown-International District (Seattle, Wash.)--Social conditions.
- Seattle (Wash.)--Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (366 pages.)
- Edition:
- First [1] edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Seattle, WA : Chin Music Press, [2018]
- Contents:
- Asian American Seattle and the laws of the land
- Prosperity 'below the line'
- The business of building residential hotels
- The neighborhood of Asian American hotels
- Behind those 'ordinary' walls
- The death knell of the SRO residential hotels
- The legacy of the SRO residential hotels.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Tom Monahan Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781634059688 (electronic bk.)
- 1634059689 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 99994076520
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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