| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 395 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Bound feet: Chinese women in the nineteenth century -- Unbound feet: Chinese immigrant women, 1902-1929 -- First steps: the second generation, 1920s -- Long strides: the Great Depression, 1930s -- In step: the war years, 1931-1945 |
| Summary |
The crippling custom of footbinding is the thematic touchstone for this engrossing study of Chinese women in San Francisco. Judy Yung, a second-generation Chinese American born and raised in San Francisco, shows the stages of "unbinding" that occurred in the decades between the turn of the century and the end of the World War II, revealing that these women - rather than being passive victims of oppression - were active agents in the making of their own history |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-387) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Chinese American women -- California -- San Francisco -- History
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Women immigrants -- California -- San Francisco -- History
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HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
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Chinese American women
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Social conditions
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Women immigrants
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HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
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| SUBJECT |
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Social conditions
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| Subject |
California -- San Francisco
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780520915350 |
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0520915356 |
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058520053X |
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9780585200538 |
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9780520088665 |
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0520088662 |
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9780520088672 |
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0520088670 |
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