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American experience. Plague at the Golden Gate / produced by James Q. Chan ; written by Susan Kim ; produced and directed by Li-Shin Yu ; a Flash Cuts production for American experience.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Plague--California--San Francisco--History--20th century.
- Plague.
- Chinese Americans--Social conditions--20th century.
- Chinese Americans.
- Chinese Americans--History--20th century.
- Race discrimination--California--San Francisco--History--20th century.
- Race discrimination.
- San Francisco (Calif.)--Race relations.
- San Francisco (Calif.).
- Genre:
- Documentary television programs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (114 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Plague at the Golden Gate
- Place of Publication:
- Arlington, VA : Public Broadcasting Service, 2022.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Discover how the 1900 outbreak of bubonic plague set off fear and anti-Asian sentiment in San Francisco. A fascinating medical mystery and timely examination of the relationship between the medical community, city powerbrokers and the Chinese American community, Plague at the Golden Gate tells the gripping story of the race against time to save San Francisco and the nation from the deadly plague.
- Participant:
- Narrated by Lea Salonga.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed June 13, 2022).
- Based in part on Black Death at the Golden Gate by David K. Randall.
- OCLC:
- 1336058122
- Publisher Number:
- ASP5242237/marc
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