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Chin, Ava.
Subjects
Chin, Ava -- Family.
Chin family.
Doshim family.
37 Mott Street (New York, N.Y.) -- History.
Chinese -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Chinese Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Chinese American families -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions.
Chinatown (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography.
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Chin, Ava.
Chin, Ava -- Family.
Chin family.
Doshim family.
37 Mott Street (New York, N.Y.) -- History.
Chinese -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Chinese Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Chinese American families -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions.
Chinatown (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography.
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Mott
Street
: a
Chinese
American
family
's
story
of
exclusion
and
homecoming
/ Ava Chin.
by
Chin, Ava.
Penguin Press, 2023.
Call #:
974.71004951 C539m
Subjects
Chin, Ava --
Family
.
Chin
family
.
Doshim
family
.
37
Mott
Street
(New York, N.Y.) -- History.
Chinese
-- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Chinese
Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Chinese
American
families -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions.
Chinatown (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780525557371 (hc)
Description:
xv, 382 p. : ill., genealogical table ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-368) and index.
Summary:
"A sweeping narrative history of the
Chinese
Exclusion
Act through an intimate portrayal of one family’s epic journey to lay down roots in America. As the only child of a single mother in Queens, Ava Chin found her family’s origins to be shrouded in mystery. She had never met her father, and her grandparents’ stories didn’t match the history she read at school.
Mott
Street
traces Chin’s quest to understand her
Chinese
American
family’s
story
. Over decades of painstaking research, she finds not only her father but also the building that provided a refuge for them all. Breaking the silence surrounding her family’s past meant confronting the
Chinese
Exclusion
Act of 1882 -- the first federal law to restrict immigration by race and nationality, barring
Chinese
immigrants from citizenship for six decades. Chin traces the
story
of the pioneering
family
members who emigrated from the Pearl River Delta, crossing an ocean to make their way in the
American
West of the mid-nineteenth century. She tells of their backbreaking work on the transcontinental railroad and of the brutal racism of frontier towns, then follows their paths to New York City. In New York’s Chinatown she discovers a single building on
Mott
Street
where so many of her ancestors would live, begin families, and craft new identities. She follows the men and women who became merchants, “paper son” refugees, activists, and heads of the
Chinese
tong, piecing together how they bore and resisted the weight of the
Exclusion
laws. She soon realizes that
exclusion
is not simply a political condition but also a personal one. Gorgeously written, deeply researched, and tremendously resonant,
Mott
Street
uncovers a legacy of
exclusion
and resilience that speaks to the
American
experience, past and present."--Publisher.
Genre:
Memoirs.
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Adult Nonfiction
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