The Lucky Ones: One Family and the Extraordinary Invention of Chinese America

by Mae M. Ngai

Book Overview

The Lucky Ones uncovers the story of the Tape family in post-gold rush, racially explosive San Francisco. Mae Ngai paints a fascinating picture of how the role of immigration broker allowed patriarch... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0618651160
• ISBN13: 9780618651160
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"