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Chinese hand laundries have been a fixture of America's urban landscape for over one hundred years. This title presents a study of Chinese laundries and of those who worked in them in the United States. It looks at the life and work of Chinese hand laundry workers in Chicago.

The Chinese Laundryman A Study of Social

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    A Paperback / softback by Paul C.P. Siu, John Kuo Wei Tchen

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      Publisher: New York University Press
      Publication Date: 01/06/1988
      ISBN13: 9780814778746, 978-0814778746
      ISBN10: 0814778747
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      Book Synopsis
      Chinese hand laundries have been a fixture of America's urban landscape for over one hundred years. This title presents a study of Chinese laundries and of those who worked in them in the United States. It looks at the life and work of Chinese hand laundry workers in Chicago.

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