Chopsticks in The Land of Cotton: Lives of Mississippi Delta Chinese Grocers

Lives of Mississippi Delta Chinese Grocers

Description

The story of how a few Chinese immigrants found their way to the Mississippi River Delta in the late 1870s and earned their living with small family operated grocery stores in neighborhoods where mostly black cotton plantation workers lived. What was their status in the segregated black and white world of that time and place? How did this small group preserve their culture and ethnic identity? "Chopsticks in the Land of Cotton"is a social history of the lives of these pioneering families and the unique and valuable role they played in their communities for over a century.
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Writer
Jung, John
Title
Chopsticks in The Land of Cotton: Lives of Mississippi Delta Chinese Grocers
Publisher
Yin and Yang Press
Year
2007
Language
English
Pages
254
Weight
386 gr
EAN
9780615185712
Dimensions
241 x 152 x 19 mm
Binding format
Paperback

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