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The white devil's daughters : the women who fought slavery in San Francisco's Chinatown

text The white devil's daughters : the women who fought slavery in San Francisco's Chinatown

Summary
"A revelatory history of the trafficking of young Asian girls that flourished in San Francisco during the first century of Chinese immigration (1848-1943) and the "safe house" on the edge of Chinatown that became a refuge for those seeking their f... Read more
Contents
Queen's room -- "The cussedest place for women" -- Reveille cry -- "No ordinary person" -- Victorian compromise -- Inked thumbprints -- The celestial quarter -- "To have a little Chinaman" -- Baiting the hook -- Life as a mui tsai -- "A worse slav... Read more
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Description
xii, 423 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf 2019

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 306.3 SIL in Adult Non-fiction Available

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