Author: GENTHE, ARNOLD (photographs) & KUO WEI TCHEN, JOHN (selection and text)
Title: PHOTOGRAPHS OF SAN FRANCISCO'S OLD CHINATOWN.
Description: New York, Dover Publications, 1984. 1st edition. Paperback, 28,5cmx21,5cm, Good copy /Cover illustrated, Cover design by Paul E. Kennedy. Book design by Carol Belanger Grafton. The text traces the turbulent history of the Chinese in California, dispels numerous myths about Chinatown and its residents, and illuminates the role of Genthe's photographs in capturing the subtle flavor and texture of everyday life in the district before 1906. Contents: I). List of the 130 plates. II). Introduction: Tangrenbu - The street life of San Francisco's Chinatown 1895-1906. 1). Street life. 2). Merchants and families. 3). Workers and bachelor society. 4). The rising spirit. 5). Women and children. 6). Earthquake, fire and the new Chinatown. III). Bibliography. Arnold Genthe (1869 - 1942) was a photographer, best known for his photos of San Francisco's Chinatown, the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. X + 133 pag.

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