Chinatown Resource Guide

RELATED BOOKS

The Chinese of America
Chen, Jack. Harper & Row, 1980.

Bridging the Pacific, San Francisco Chinatown and Its People
Chinn, Thomas W. Chinese Historical Society of America, 1989.

The Coming Man: 19th Century American Perceptions of the Chinese
Choy, Philip P., Lorraine Dong, Marlon K. Hom, Eds. Joint Publishing (H.K.) Co., Ltd. 1994.

A History of the Chinese in California
Chinn, Thomas W., Mark Lai Him, Philip P. Choy, Eds. Chinese Historical Society of America, 1969.

The Chinese in San Francisco, A Pictorial History
Dicker, Lavern Mau. Dover Publications, Inc., 1979.

Genthe's Photographs of San Francisco's Old Chinatown
Genthe, Arnold. Dover Publications, Inc. 1984.

Songs of Gold Mountain: Cantonese Rhymes from San Francisco Chinatown
Hom, Marlon K. University of California Press, 1987.

China Men
Hong, Maxine Kingston. Ballantine Books, l980.

The Woman Warrior
Hong, Maxine Kingston. Alfred Knopf, 1976.

An Illustrated History of the Chinese in America
McCunn, Ruthanne Lum. Design Enterprises, San Francisco, l979.

Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940
Lai, Him Mark, Ginny Lim, Judy Yung. HOC DOI (History of Chinese Detained on Island), 1980.

Mountain of Gold
Sung, Betty Lee. Macmillan, 1967.

Joy Luck Club
Tan, Amy. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1989.

Chinese Women of America
Yung, Judy. University of Washington Press, 1986.

Unbound Feet: A Social History of Chinese Women in San Francisco
Yung, Judy. University of California Press, 1995.

BOOKS FOR YOUNGER READERS

The Great American Gold Rush
Blumberg, Rhoda. Bradbury Press, 1989.

Angel Island Prisoner, l927
Chetin, Helen. New Seed Press, Berkeley, CA, 1982.

Chang's Paper Pony
Coerr, Eleanor. Harper & Row, 1988.

The Cable Car and The Dragon
Caen, Herb. Chronicle Books, 1986.

Wings for Lai-Ho
Lim, Ginny. East/West Publisher, 1982

Lost Garden: A Memoir
Yep, Laurence. Messner, 1991.

Tongues of Jade
Yep, Laurence. Harper Collins, 1991.

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