New York Before Chinatown - Orientalism and the Shaping of American Culture, 1776-1882 - Paperback - 2001

Explores the role Chinese people, objects, and ideas played in the fashioning of American culture and politics. The author explores Americans fascination with Asia as a source of luxury items and how Americans attitudes to the Chinese changed from this fascination to demonization.
Year of publication: 2001
Pagination: 412 pages, 43 black white line drawings
Format: Paperback