To save China, to save ourselves : the Chinese Hand Laundry Alliance of New York
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To save China, to save ourselves : the Chinese Hand Laundry Alliance of New York
（Asian American history and culture series）
Temple University Press, 1992
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-245) and index
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ISBN 9780877229964
内容説明
Combining archival research in Chinese language sources with oral history interviews, Ranqiu Yu examines the Chinese Hand Laundry Alliance (CHLA), an organization that originated in 1933 to help Chinese laundry workers break their isolation in American society. Yu brings to life the men who labored in New York laundries, depicting their meager existence, their struggles against discrimination and exploitation, and their dreams of returning to China. The persistent efforts of the CHLA succeeded in changing the workers' status in American society and improving the image of the Chinese among the American public. Yu is especially concerned with the political activities of the CHLA, which was founded in reaction to proposed New York City legislation that would have put the Chinese laundries out of business. When the conservative Chinese social organization could not help the launderers, they broke with tradition and created their own organization. Not only did the CHLA defeat the legislative requirements that would have closed them down, but their "people's diplomacy" won American support for China during its war with Japan.
The CHLA staged a campaign in the 1930s and 40s which took as its slogan, "To Save China, To Save Ourselves." Focusing on this campaign, Yu also examines the complex relationship between the democratically oriented CHLA and the Chinese American left in the 1930s. Renqiu Yu is Associate Professor of History in the Division of Humanities at Purchase College, State University of New York.
目次
Acknowledgments Chinese Names and Transliteration Introduction 1. Chinese Laundrymen in New York City 2. The Emergence of the CHLA 3. The Alliance Is for the Laundrymen 4. "To Save China, To Save Ourselves" 5. "The People's Diplomacy" 6. The Struggle Over a Penny 7. Where Is the Gold Mountains? Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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: pbk ISBN 9781566393959
内容説明
Combining archival research in Chinese language sources with oral history interviews, Renqiu Yu examines the Chinese Hand Laundry Alliance (CHLA), an organization that originated in 1933 to help Chinese laundry workers break their isolation in American society. Yu brings to life the men who labored in New York laundries, depicting their meager existence, their struggles against discrimination and exploitation, and their dreams of returning to China. The persistent efforts of the CHLA succeeded in changing the workers' status in American society and improving the image of the Chinese among the American public.
Yu is especially concerned with the political activities of the CHLA, which was founded in reaction to proposed New York City legislation that would have put the Chinese laundries out of business. When the conservative Chinese social organization could not help the launderers, they broke with tradition and created their own organization. Not only did the CHLA defeat the legislative requirements that would have closed them down, but their "people's diplomacy" won American support for China during its war with Japan. The CHLA staged a campaign in the 1930s and 40s which took as its slogan, "To Save China, To Save Ourselves." Focusing on this campaign, Yu also examines the complex relationship between the democratically oriented CHLA and the Chinese American left in the 1930s.
目次
Acknowledgments Chinese Names and Transliteration Introduction 1. Chinese Laundrymen in New York City 2. The Emergence of the CHLA 3. The Alliance Is for the Laundrymen 4. "To Save China, To Save Ourselves" 5. "The People's Diplomacy" 6. The Struggle Over a Penny 7. Where Is the Gold Mountains? Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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