AsiaTown Cleveland : from tong wars to dim sum / Alan F. Dutka ; foreword by Johnny Wu

Object Details

Notes

Includes index

Contents

Cleveland's mysterious colony : the birth of Chinatown -- Chinese boss men : movers, shakers and gamblers -- Lairs of iniquity : opium dens and gambling houses -- Tong wars : mayhem, meat cleavers and murders -- Cleveland's new Chinatown : The Rockwell Avenue Era -- Celebrating Asian culture : Lunar New Year and Moon Festivals -- The emergence of AsiaTown : immigrants and entrepreneurs -- AsiaTown today

Data Source

Smithsonian Libraries

Date

2014

author

Dutka, Alan F.

Type

Books

History

Physical description

158 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place

Ohio

Cleveland

AsiaTown (Cleveland, Ohio)

Cleveland (Ohio)

Topic

Chinese Americans--History

History

Ethnic relations

Record ID

siris_sil_1103920

Usage

CC0