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The Chinatown Trunk Mystery Murder, Miscegenation, and Other Dangerous Encounters in Turn-of-the-Century New York City / Mary Ting Yi Lui.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lui, Mary Ting Yi., Creator.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chinese--New York (State)--New York--Public opinion.
- Chinese.
- Immigrants--New York (State)--New York--Public opinion.
- Immigrants.
- Interracial dating--New York (State)--New York--Public opinion.
- Interracial dating.
- Murder--New York (State)--New York--Case studies.
- Murder.
- Public opinion--New York (State)--New York.
- Public opinion.
- United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 298 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Edition:
- 2nd printing, 1st paperback printing.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2007
- Summary:
- In the summer of 1909, the gruesome murder of nineteen-year-old Elsie Sigel sent shock waves through New York City and the nation at large. Through the lens of this unsolved murder, this work offers a snapshot of social and sexual relations between Chinese and non-Chinese populations in turn-of-the-century New York City.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- INTRODUCTION "Find Miss Sigel Dead in Trunk55
- CHAPTER ONE "Terra Incognita": Mapping Chinatown's Racial and Gender Boundaries in Lower Manhattan
- CHAPTER TWO Beyond Chinatown: Policing Chinese American Male Mobility in New York City
- CHAPTER THREE Policing Urban Girls5 and Women's Mobility and Desires
- CHAPTER FOUR Playing the "Missionary Game"
- CHAPTER FIVE Chinese American Interracial Couples and Families in New York City
- CHAPTER SIX "The Most Remarkable Get-away in Police History"
- CHAPTER SEVEN "Disgrace on the Whole Body of Our People"
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Joint winner of Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS): History Award 2007.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780691130484
- 0691130485
- 9780691216287
- 0691216282
- OCLC:
- 1227050129
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