The fortunes
(Book)
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Published:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
268 pages ; 24 cm
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A community survives as much through love as blood. Ah Ling, son of a prostitute and a white man, is sent from his homeland to make his way alone in California; he rises to valet for a powerful railroad baron and unwittingly ignites an explosion in Chinese labor. Anna May Wong, the first Chinese film star in Hollywood, is forbidden to kiss a white man on screen; she must find her place between two worlds and two cultures. The death of Vincent Chin, aspiring all-American, becomes the symbol for a community roused to action in the face of hatred. John Ling Smith, half-Chinese, visits China for the first time to adopt a baby girl; there he sees the long history of both cultures coming together in the spark of a new century.
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9780544263703, 0544263707
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A community survives as much through love as blood. Ah Ling, son of a prostitute and a white man, is sent from his homeland to make his way alone in California; he rises to valet for a powerful railroad baron and unwittingly ignites an explosion in Chinese labor. Anna May Wong, the first Chinese film star in Hollywood, is forbidden to kiss a white man on screen; she must find her place between two worlds and two cultures. The death of Vincent Chin, aspiring all-American, becomes the symbol for a community roused to action in the face of hatred. John Ling Smith, half-Chinese, visits China for the first time to adopt a baby girl; there he sees the long history of both cultures coming together in the spark of a new century.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Davies, P. H. (2016). The fortunes. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Davies, Peter Ho, 1966-. 2016. The Fortunes. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Davies, Peter Ho, 1966-, The Fortunes. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.
MLA Citation (style guide)Davies, Peter Ho. The Fortunes. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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