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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Asiatown Cleveland: From Tong Wars to Dim Sum

Asiatown Cleveland: From Tong Wars to Dim Sum

Dutka, Alan F.

Paperback

Series: American Heritage

Asian American StudiesImmigration & RefugeesRegional: Midwest

Publisher Price: $21.99

ISBN10: 1626195528
ISBN13: 9781626195523
Publisher: History Press
Published: Oct 28 2014
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
For years, Cleveland's Chinese residents struggled to find a secure place in the city. Immigrants came with dreams of building a better life, but without English proficiency, prospects dimmed, and emigres often earned poor pay for long hours of strenuous work. In 1925, Cleveland police responded to an especially brutal outbreak of the tong war violence ravaging the community by arresting every Chinese person in the city, creating an international scandal. In spite of the anti-Asian sentiment of the time, the community persevered and paved the way for its current entrepreneurial success. Today, Clevelanders and tourists travel to the growing AsiaTown neighborhood to enjoy authentic Asian dinners, shop at Asian-owned stores and enjoy Asian-themed karaoke nights in newly built malls and century-old former residential homes. Alan F. Dutka vividly portrays one of the oldest and most culturally diverse neighborhoods in the city.

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