Seamstresses say that manufacturers and contractors have been lowering the wage per hour for the same amount of work. The federal government blames competition in the garment-indutrsy for the lowering of wages.
Follows the experiences of Rainsford Chan, a fourth-generation Chinese American as he embarks on a journey to understand the legacy of his forebears, and to finally claim America as his own in California.
A guardhouse near the visitors' center at Bonneville Dam reminds the writer of WWII national defense efforts, including internment of people of Japanese descent and relates this to post-9/11 security measures.
Construction workers were busily building homes at the Manzanar camp site in Owens Valley, California where a large contingent of West Coast Japanese were to be placed.
