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- catalog abstract ""From George Washington's desire (in the heat of the Revolutionary War) for a proper set of Chinese porcelains for afternoon tea, to the lives of Chinese-Irish couples in the 1830s, to the commercial success of Chang and Eng (the "Siamese Twins"), to rising fears of "heathen Chinee," New York before Chinatown offers a provocative look at the role Chinese people, things, and ideas played in the fashioning of American culture and politics." "Piecing together various historical fragments and anecdotes from the years before Chinatown emerged in the late 1870s, historian John Kuo Wei Tchen redraws Manhattan's historical landscape and broadens our understanding of the role of port cultures in the making of American identities."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Orientalism and the shaping of American culture, 1776-1882".
- catalog contributor b11374184.
- catalog coverage "China Foreign public opinion, American History 18th century.".
- catalog coverage "China Foreign public opinion, American History 19th century.".
- catalog coverage "New York (N.Y.) History 1775-1865.".
- catalog coverage "New York (N.Y.) History 1865-1898.".
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""From George Washington's desire (in the heat of the Revolutionary War) for a proper set of Chinese porcelains for afternoon tea, to the lives of Chinese-Irish couples in the 1830s, to the commercial success of Chang and Eng (the "Siamese Twins"), to rising fears of "heathen Chinee," New York before Chinatown offers a provocative look at the role Chinese people, things, and ideas played in the fashioning of American culture and politics." "Piecing together various historical fragments and anecdotes from the years before Chinatown emerged in the late 1870s, historian John Kuo Wei Tchen redraws Manhattan's historical landscape and broadens our understanding of the role of port cultures in the making of American identities."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-373) and index.".
- catalog description "pt. 1. A Culture of Distinction. 1. Porcelain, Tea, and Revolution. 2. What Does China Want? 3. The Port's Rise -- pt. 2. Port Exchanges. 4. A Pioneer Settlement. 5. "Edifying Curiosities" 6. Self-Possessed Men. 7. Stereotypes and Realities -- pt. 3. The "Chinese Question" 8. "The Alarm" 9. Visualizing "Ah Sin" 10. Building Community. 11. Descent to Darkness. 12. Appo's Demise. Epilogue: The "American Century."".
- catalog extent "xxiv, 385 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "New York before Chinatown.".
- catalog identifier "0801860067 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "New York before Chinatown.".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press,".
- catalog relation "New York before Chinatown.".
- catalog spatial "China Foreign public opinion, American History 18th century.".
- catalog spatial "China Foreign public opinion, American History 19th century.".
- catalog spatial "New York (N.Y.) History 1775-1865.".
- catalog spatial "New York (N.Y.) History 1865-1898.".
- catalog spatial "New York (State) New York".
- catalog subject "303.48/251073 21".
- catalog subject "DS706 .T4 1999".
- catalog subject "Public opinion New York (State) New York History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "Public opinion New York (State) New York History 19th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. 1. A Culture of Distinction. 1. Porcelain, Tea, and Revolution. 2. What Does China Want? 3. The Port's Rise -- pt. 2. Port Exchanges. 4. A Pioneer Settlement. 5. "Edifying Curiosities" 6. Self-Possessed Men. 7. Stereotypes and Realities -- pt. 3. The "Chinese Question" 8. "The Alarm" 9. Visualizing "Ah Sin" 10. Building Community. 11. Descent to Darkness. 12. Appo's Demise. Epilogue: The "American Century."".
- catalog title "New York before Chinatown : Orientalism and the shaping of American culture, 1776-1882 / John Kuo Wei Tchen.".
- catalog title "Orientalism and the shaping of American culture, 1776-1882".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".