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

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

Title remainder

the women who fought slavery in San Francisco's Chinatown

Statement of responsibility

Julia Flynn Siler

Instantiates

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

Publication

• New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2019

Note

"This is a Borzoi book."

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-406) and index

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Carrier category code

• nc

Carrier MARC source

rdacarrier

Content category

• text
• still image

Content type code

• txt
• sti

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• rdacontent
• rdacontent

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 slavery than ever Uncle Tom knew of" -- Dynamite -- Devil's playground -- Chinatown in tears -- Year of the rat -- Instant fame -- Municipal storm -- "Forcing me into the life" -- "I may go to sleep tonight and then find myself in hell!" -- A deathbed promise -- Taking public stands -- Pink curtain -- Courage to fight evil -- The Chinese Mark Twain -- 'Ell of a place! -- The Lord is my shepherd -- "The stress of circumstances" -- Homecomings -- Municipal crib -- Paper son -- Dragon stories -- Tiny -- Missionaries of the home -- Matchmaking -- The "joy zone" -- Fruit tramps -- "Are you wearing a mask and taking precautions?" -- Quiet defiance -- Sargy -- Bessie -- Heavens for courage -- The thwack of bouncing balls -- Little general -- Shangri-la -- Broken blossoms -- Epilogue: "Blessed Tien."

Dimensions

25 cm

Edition

First edition.

Extent

xii, 423 pages

Isbn

9781101875261

Lccn

2018039985

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rdamedia

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• n

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photographs

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1473412

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(OCoLC)on1099797205