Sweet Cakes, Long Journey: The Chinatowns of Portland, Oregon
Title
Sweet Cakes, Long Journey: The Chinatowns of Portland, Oregon
Subject
Chinese Americans -- Oregon -- Portland -- History. Chinese Americans -- Oregon -- Portland -- Social conditions. Chinatown (Portland, Or.) -- History. Portland (Or.) -- History. Portland (Or.) -- Race relations.
Description
"Around the turn of the twentieth century, and for decades thereafter, Oregon had the second largest Chinese population in the United States. In terms of geographical coverage, Portland's two Chinatowns (one an urban area of brick commercial structures, one a vegetable-gardening community of shanty dwellings) were the largest in all of North America."
Creator
Wong, Marie Rose
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Date
2004
Type
F884 .P89 C5
Identifier
2003.500.2500