xii, 283 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Part I. Gum Saan : Let them come and settle with us -- The toughest town of the entire nation -- The companies, the tongs, and the law -- Daughters of the sun and moon -- "Us" and "them" -- Part II. Strife begets strife : Hating each other like Christians -- The night of horrors -- The aftermath -- Shouldering the responsibility -- We may hope to see at least partial justice done -- It will be forgotten in a brief time.
Summary
"In October 1871, a simmering small-scale turf war involving three Chinese gangs exploded into a riot that engulfed Los Angeles. A large mob of white Angelenos rampaged through the small town, then mainly a ranching center of a few thousand souls, and tortured and lynched eighteen Chinese immigrants--among them a beloved doctor and several businessmen--before order and sanity were restored. In "The Chinatown War," Scott Zesch offers a white-knuckle account of this little known event"--Provided by publisher.
