Unbound Feet

A Social History of Chinese Women in San Francisco

Author: Judy Yung
ISBN: 0520088670

"A stunning and sweeping piece of historical scholarship. It represents a major contribution to research in U.S. women's history."--Vicki L. Ruiz, author of Cannery Women, Cannery Lives: Mexican Women, Unionization, and the California Food Processing Industry, 1930-1950"Judy Yung's latest and most impressive work demonstrates how an engaged, community-based scholar can reclaim an experience otherwise silenced."--John Kuo Wei Tchen, author of Genthe's Photographs of San Francisco's Old Chinatown"Judy Yung possesses a humane and deep feeling for her subjects. A good listener, she allows these women to emerge in her pages as interesting and complex. Sweeping in chronology and comprehensive in scope, her study invites us to reach toward an intricate understanding of the making of our multicultural society."--Ronald Takaki, author of Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans"Yung's book combines the richness of a community study, including engaging cameo biographies, wi

Publisher: University of California Press
Publish Date: 1995

Subjects: History / United States / State & Local / General, Social Science / Women's Studies

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Raza Recource Centro (Location: Wall D, Shelf 4)