Ethnic Renewal in Philadelphia's Chinatown: Space, Place, and Struggle (Urban Life, Landscape and Policy),Used

Ethnic Renewal in Philadelphia's Chinatown: Space, Place, and Struggle (Urban Life, Landscape and Policy),Used

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Philadelphias 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 Philadelphias Chinatown. Kathryn Wilson charts the unique history of this neighborhood. After 1945, a new generation of families began to shape Chinatowns future. As plans for urban renewalranging from a crosstown expressway and commuter rail in the 1960s to a downtown baseball stadium in 2000were proposed and developed, Save Chinatown activists rose up and fought for social justice.Wilson chronicles the communitys efforts to save and renew itself through urban planning, territorial claims, and culturally specific rebuilding. She shows how these efforts led to Chinatowns growth and its continued ability to serve as a living community for subsequent waves of new immigration.

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