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RECORD NUMBER: 1 OF 1Main Title | Seattle's International District : the making of a Pan-Asian American community / | |||||||||||
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Author | Chin, Doug. | |||||||||||
Publisher | International Examiner Press : Distributed by the University of Washington Press, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2001 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 48235726 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 0295981970; 9780295981970 | |||||||||||
Subjects | International District (Seattle, Wash)--History ; Asian Americans--Washington (State)--Seattle--History ; Chinese Americans--Washington (State)--Seattle--History ; Filipino Americans--Washington (State)--Seattle--History ; Japanese Americans--Washington (State)--Seattle--History ; Immigrants--Washington (State)--Seattle--History ; Seattle (Wash)--Race relations ; Washington (State)--Seattle--International District | |||||||||||
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Collation | 124 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm | |||||||||||
Notes | "A collection of stories on the International District, written mostly by Doug Chin and prepared under the auspices of the International examiner"--Page 7. Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-116) and index. |
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Contents Notes | Prologue/The International District -- Seattle's First Chinese Settlement -- Early Chinese Immigration to Washington Territory -- Chinese Laborers in Washington -- Chinese Settlement in Pioneer Square -- The Anti-Chinese Movement in Washington -- Anti-Chinese Agitation in Washington Territory -- Seattle's Anti-Chinese Riots, 1885-86 -- Aftermath of the Riots -- Nihonmachi (Japantown) -- Early Japanese Immigration to Seattle -- Seattle's Japanese Settlement Emerges -- Local Japanese Economy Develops -- From Sojourners to Settlers -- Early Settlement in Old Chinatown -- Cannery Work Spurs Growth of Chinese Community -- Development at Second and Washington -- Chinatown Shifts to King Street Core -- A Single Man's Society -- Filipinos Arrive in the District -- Early Filipino Immigration to Seattle -- Destination King Street -- Filipinos and Labor Organizing -- The Heyday of the 20s through the Depression -- The Roaring 20s -- The Depression Era -- Restricted Mobility -- Japanese American Removal and Incarceration -- The Seeds of Anti-Japanese Hostility -- Racism in Organized Labor -- Racism in the Law -- The Incarceration -- International District Emerges After World War II -- Chinese Americans Move into Mainstream -- The Decline of Japantown -- The Jackson Street Community Council -- The District Battles Hard Times -- Problems in the District Deepen -- The Kingdome Battle -- Planting the Seeds of a New Infrastructure -- Community Grows in Kingdome's Shadow -- The Ruby Chow Factor -- Domingo and Viernes Assassinated -- The Wah Mee Killings -- The District Comes of Age -- New Investments, New Immigrants Spur New Growth -- Wards Cove Cannery Case Goes to Supreme Court -- Redress for Japanese Americans -- Development Booms on the 1990s -- The Lane Street Controversy -- Rebuffing the Big Mac Attack -- A Changing Pan-Asian American District. |