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Traced back to Southern China and the clannish nature of Chinese culture, family associations play a unique role in U.S. Chinatowns. During the Chinese Exclusion Act and in times of extreme discrimination, family associations were not simply a social haven. They provided work and housing...
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Boston Chinatown Asian American History Chinese Culture |
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Compiled by A Chinatown Banquet student Andrew Tong, these stories provide insight into Chinatown during the 1950’s. By focusing on recreation and play, the stories offer a new historical twist on the lives of first generation Asian Americans, many of whom continue to work in and shape Chinatown...
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Boston Chinatown 1950 |
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Before the 1960s, the southern half of today’s Chinatown was a Syrian-Lebanese community. While the advent of a more affluent and mobile second generation started the exodus of the Syrian-Lebanese community to the suburbs, the construction of the Central Artery put a quick and painful end to...
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Boston Chinatown Syrian Lebanese community history culture suburbs |
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Parcel C was one of the last remaining developable plots of land in Chinatown. Owned by the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) as a part of a land swap with the New England Medical Center (NEMC), the land was promised to the Chinatown community for a community center. However, during the...
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Boston Chinatown redevelopment community activism |
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