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AsiaTown Cleveland : from tong wars to dim sum
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dutka, Alan F., Author.
- Series:
- American Heritage
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chinese Americans--History--Ohio--Cleveland.
- Chinese Americans.
- AsiaTown (Cleveland, Ohio)--History.
- AsiaTown (Cleveland, Ohio).
- Cleveland (Ohio)--History.
- Cleveland (Ohio).
- Cleveland (Ohio)--Ethnic relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (135 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] The History Press 2014
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- For years, Cleveland's Chinese residents struggled to find a secure place in the city. Immigrants came with dreams of building a better life, but without English proficiency, prospects dimmed, and emigres often earned poor pay for long hours of strenuous work. In 1925, Cleveland police responded to an especially brutal outbreak of the tong war violence ravaging the community by arresting every Chinese person in the city, creating an international scandal. In spite of the anti-Asian sentiment of the time, the community persevered and paved the way for its current entrepreneurial success. Today, Clevelanders and tourists travel to the growing AsiaTown neighborhood to enjoy authentic Asian dinners, shop at Asian-owned stores and enjoy Asian-themed karaoke nights in newly built malls and century-old former residential homes. Alan F. Dutka vividly portrays one of the oldest and most culturally diverse neighborhoods in the city.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. Cleveland's Mysterious Colony: The Birth of Chinatown
- 2. Chinese Boss Men: Movers, Shakers and Gamblers
- 3. Lairs of Iniquity: Opium Dens and Gambling Houses
- 4. Tong Wars: Mayhem, Meat Cleavers and Murders
- 5. Cleveland's New Chinatown: The Rockwell Avenue Era
- 6. Celebrating Asian Culture: Lunar New Year and Moon Festivals
- 7. The Emergence of AsiaTown: Immigrants and Entrepreneurs
- 8. AsiaTown Today: Twenty-First-Century Diversity
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781625850867
- 1625850867
- OCLC:
- 1250089371
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