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Philadelphia's Chinatown, like many urban chinatowns, began in the late nineteenth century as a refuge for immigrant laborers and merchants in which to form a community to raise families and conduct business. But this enclave for expression, identity, and community is also the embodiment of historical legacies and personal and collective memories.

In Ethnic Renewal in Philadelphia's Chinatown. Kathryn Wilson charts the unique history of this neighborhood. After 1945, a new generation of families began to shape Chinatown's future. As plans for urban renewalranging from a cross-town expressway and commuter rail in the 1960s to a downtown baseball stadium in 2000were proposed and developed, Save Chinatown activists rose up and fought for social justice.

Wilson chronicles the community's efforts to save and renew itself through urban planning, territorial claims, and culturally specific rebuilding. She shows how these efforts led to Chinatown's growth and its

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      Publisher: Temple University Press,U.S.
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 10/04/2015
      ISBN13: 9781439912140, 978-1439912140
      ISBN10: 1439912149

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      Book Synopsis
      Philadelphia's Chinatown, like many urban chinatowns, began in the late nineteenth century as a refuge for immigrant laborers and merchants in which to form a community to raise families and conduct business. But this enclave for expression, identity, and community is also the embodiment of historical legacies and personal and collective memories.

      In Ethnic Renewal in Philadelphia's Chinatown. Kathryn Wilson charts the unique history of this neighborhood. After 1945, a new generation of families began to shape Chinatown's future. As plans for urban renewalranging from a cross-town expressway and commuter rail in the 1960s to a downtown baseball stadium in 2000were proposed and developed, Save Chinatown activists rose up and fought for social justice.

      Wilson chronicles the community's efforts to save and renew itself through urban planning, territorial claims, and culturally specific rebuilding. She shows how these efforts led to Chinatown's growth and its

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