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Sam and the Lucky Money

Sam must decide how to spend the lucky money he's received for Chinese New Year.

Genealogical Methods and Sources for the Chinese Immigrants to the U.S.

A report on geneological methods and sources for the Chinese immigrants to the US, from the World Conference on Records and Geneological Seminar in Salt Lake City, Utah, Aug 5-8, 1969. The report covers the history of Chinese family names, and…

A History of the Chinese in California: A Syllabus

Encyclopedia of history and facts on the Chinese in America

One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now

Focuses on works by sixteen Asian American artists born in the late 1960s and 1970s, including Patty Chang, Kaz Oshiro, and Jean Shin, to explore this generation of artists, the prevalent themes in their art, and the different ways they configure…

Chinatown and China City in Los Angeles

By 1900, the Chinese population of Los Angeles City and County had grown to over 3,000 residents who were primarily situated around an enclave called Old Chinatown. When Old Chinatown was razed to build Union Station, Chinese business owners led by…

Chiantown in Los Angeles

The history of Chinatown in Los Angeles and the people that helped shaped it to what it is today.