The Chinatown war : Chinese Los Angeles and the massacre of 1871

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Label

The Chinatown war : Chinese Los Angeles and the massacre of 1871

Title remainder

Chinese Los Angeles and the massacre of 1871

Statement of responsibility

Scott Zesch

Creator

• Zesch, Scott

Subject

• Chinese Americans -- Crimes against -- California | Los Angeles -- History -- 19th century
• Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Ethnic relations | History -- 19th century
• Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- 19th century
• Lynching -- California | Los Angeles -- History -- 19th century
• Race riots -- California | Los Angeles -- History -- 19th century
• Chinese Americans -- California | Los Angeles -- History -- 19th century

Language

eng

Summary

In October 1871, a simmering, small-scale turf war involving three Chinese gangs exploded into a riot that engulfed the small but growing town of Los Angeles. A large mob of white Angelenos, spurred by racial resentment, rampaged through the city and lynched some eighteen people before order was restored. This book offers a compelling account of this little-known event, which ranks among the worst hate crimes in American history

Member of

• Online access with subscription: University Press scholarship online (Oxford scholarship online)

Cataloging source

StDuBDS

Dewey number

305.895107949409034

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

LC call number

F869.L86

LC item number

C459 2012

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Target audience

specialized