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Ethnic Renewal in Philadelphia's Chinatown - Space, Place, and Struggle (Hardcover)
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Ethnic Renewal in Philadelphia's Chinatown - Space, Place, and Struggle (Hardcover)
Series: Urban Life, Landscape and Policy
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Philadelphia's Chinatown, like many urban chinatowns, began in the
late nineteenth century as a refuge for immigrant laborers and
merchants in which to form a community to raise families and
conduct business. But this enclave for expression, identity, and
community is also the embodiment of historical legacies and
personal and collective memories. In Ethnic Renewal in
Philadelphia's Chinatown. Kathryn Wilson charts the unique history
of this neighborhood. After 1945, a new generation of families
began to shape Chinatown's future. As plans for urban
renewal-ranging from a cross-town expressway and commuter rail in
the 1960s to a downtown baseball stadium in 2000-were proposed and
developed, "Save Chinatown" activists rose up and fought for social
justice. Wilson chronicles the community's efforts to save and
renew itself through urban planning, territorial claims, and
culturally specific rebuilding. She shows how these efforts led to
Chinatown's growth and its continued ability to serve as a living
community for subsequent waves of new immigration.
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