Chinatown : most time, hard time
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Chinatown : most time, hard time
Praeger, 1991
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-359) and index
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Description
In this significant scholarly contribution to the study of ethnic minorities, Chalsa Loo documents a distinctive American community--Chinatown, San Francisco. Based on an interview survey of residents of Chinatown, Loo's study tests prevailing psychological and sociological theories, and ultimately dispels stereotypes about Asian Americans, replacing them with empirically derived realities of American life. Chinatown: Most Time, Hard Time comprehensively covers a range of significant areas of life, integrating several disciplines and combining the rigor of scientific analysis with the richness of individual experience through the use of photographs and personal vignettes.
This valuable analysis serves as a model of comprehensive, quantitative multidomain interview sample survey research. It provides data on the major domains of life for all Americans, but particularly for ethnic Americans: neighborhood, crowding, health, mental health, employment, language and cultural barriers, quality of life, and differences between men and women. This book is scholarly yet readable, and will be particularly useful to social scientists, educators, researchers, human service professionals, and policy planners.
Table of Contents
Researching Ethnic Minority Populations Heartland of Gold: A Historical Overview (by Chalsa Loo and Connie Young Yu) The Nature of Community and Desired Residential Mobility Neighborhood Satisfaction: Development versus Preservation Crowding: Perceptions, Attitudes, and Consequences Language Acquisition, Cultural Shift, and the English-Only Movement (by Chalsa M. Loo with Paul Ong) Pulse on Chinatown: Health Status and Service Use "Too Bloated with Misery to Eat a Salted Bean": Mental Health Status and Attitudes Slaying Demons with a Sewing Needle: Gender Differences and Women's Status "Fook, Look, Sow": Quality of Life (by Chalsa Loo and Don Mar) Conclusion Appendices: The Interview Schedule The Research Method and Sampling References Index
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