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Judy Yung research files, ca.1980s.
AAS ARC 2000/60
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Title:

Judy Yung research files, ca.1980s

Creator/Contributor:

Yung, Judy., creator

Abstract:

Contains photocopies of newspaper clippings, dating from 1876 to 1950, relating to the history of Chinese Americans in San Francisco's Chinatown, with emphasis on the specific areas of early immigration, slavery, prostitution, crime, and women.

Date:

198u (issued)

Subject:

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Chinese Americans -- California -- San Francisco -- Social conditions
Chinese -- California -- San Francisco -- History
Immigrants -- California -- San Francisco -- History
Women -- California -- San Francisco -- History
Crime and race -- United States
Chinese Americans -- California -- San Francisco -- History
Chinese American women -- California -- San Francisco
Racism -- California -- San Francisco
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Social conditions

Note:

Judy Yung is a second-generation Chinese American, born and raised in San Francisco's Chinatown. She has served as a librarian, journalist, and director of the Chinese Women of America Research Project in San Francisco. She is professor of American Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and author of several books, including, Chinese women of America : a pictorial history (1986), Unbound feet : a social history of Chinese women in San Francisco (1995), and Unbound voices : a documentary of Chinese women in San Francisco (1999).

Type:

Clippings.

Physical Description:

print
1 box (.4 linear ft.)

Language:

English

Identifier:

AAS ARC 2000/60

Origin:

California