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Chopsticks in the Land of Cotton : Lives of Mississippi Delta Chinese Grocers by John Jung (2008, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherYin & Yang Press
ISBN-100615185711
ISBN-139780615185712
eBay Product ID (ePID)73694368
Product Key Features
Publication Year2008
SubjectIndustries / Retailing, Marketing / General, Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies, Emigration & Immigration, General
Number of Pages254 Pages
Publication NameChopsticks in the Land of Cotton : Lives of Mississippi Delta Chinese Grocers
LanguageEnglish
TypeTextbook
AuthorJohn Jung
Subject AreaSocial Science, Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics
FormatTrade Paperback
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Intended AudienceCollege Audience
SynopsisThe story of how a few Chinese immigrants found their way to the Mississippi River Delta in the late 1870s and earned their living with small family operated grocery stores in neighborhoods where mostly black cotton plantation workers lived. What was their status in the segregated black and white world of that time and place? How did this small group preserve their culture and ethnic identity? "Chopsticks in the Land of Cotton"is a social history of the lives of these pioneering families and the unique and valuable role they played in their communities for over a century., The story of how a few Chinese immigrants found their way to the Mississippi River Delta in the late 1870s and earned their liVietnameseng with small family operated grocery stores in neighborhoods where mostly black cotton plantation workers lived. What was their status in the segregated black and white world of that time and place? How did this small group preserve their culture and ethnic identity? "Chopsticks in the Land of Cotton"is a social history of the lives of these pioneering families and the unique and valuable role they played in their communities for over a century.
