Picturing Chinatown : art and orientalism in San Francisco
by
Lee, Anthony W., 1960-
Title
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Picturing Chinatown : art and orientalism in San Francisco
Author
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Lee, Anthony W., 1960-
ISBN
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9780520925861
9780585467443
9781597348072
9780520225923
Personal Author
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Lee, Anthony W., 1960-
Publication Information
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Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2001.
Physical Description
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1 online resource (xiv, 347 pages, [8] pages of plates) : illustrations (some color).
Series
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Ahmanson-Murphy fine arts imprint
Ahmanson Murphy fine arts imprint.
Contents
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The place of Chinatown -- Picturesque Chinatown -- Photography on the streets -- Photography in the books -- Revolutionary artists -- The Forbidden City.
Abstract
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Throughout European history, Jews have been associated with commerce and the money trade, rendered both visible and vulnerable, like Shylock, by their economic distinctiveness. This is the story of Jewish perceptions of this economic difference and its effect on modern Jewish identity.
Subject Term
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Painting, American -- California -- San Francisco.
Photography -- California -- San Francisco.
Geographic Term
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Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) -- In art.
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Pictorial works.
Electronic Access
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