MOTT STREET: A CHINESE AMERICAN FAMILY'S STORY
Novel. As the only child of a single mother in Queens, Chin found her family's origins shrouded in mystery. Breaking the silence surrounding her family's past meant confronting the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, the first federal law to restrict immigration by race and nationality, barring Chinese immigrants from citizenship for six decades. Photos.
Format: Hardbound
Pages: 382
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780525557371
Item #: 9273409