{"product_id":"the-lucky-ones-9780691155326","title":"The Lucky Ones","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUncovers the story of the Tape family in post-gold rush, racially explosive San Francisco. The author paints a picture of how the role of immigration broker allowed patriarch Jeu Dip (Joseph Tape) to both protest and profit from discrimination, and of the Tapes as the first of a new social type - middle-class Chinese Americans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] fresh portrait of Chinese immigrants, America and the past century ... deceptively novelistic and evocative... [A]n absorbing story.\"--Anderson Tepper, New York Times Book Review \"Ngai fashions a terrifically readable, compelling work about the little-known middle-class in the Chinese immigrant experience.\"--Publishers Weekly \"[F]ascinating... With meticulous research into the Tapes' daily lives, [Ngai] sheds light on the choices certain family members made to secure a future for themselves and their children.\"--Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles Times \"Ngai paints a vivid picture of an exceptional Chinese American family making its own history while ably weaving the Tape family saga into the history of Chinese exclusion... [This] is an important contribution to the history of Chinese America.\"--Robert G. Lee, Journal of American History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface to the Paperback Edition viii  Author's Note x   Tape Family Tree xiv  Maps xv  Part I : Strivings (1864-1883)   1. The Lucky One 3  2. The First Rescue 14  3. Joseph and Mary 24   Part II : School Days (1884-1894)   4. \"That Chinese Girl\" 43  5. Chinatown's Frontier 58  Part III: Native Sons and Daughters (1895-1904)   6. Suburban Squire 71  7. Two Marriages 83  8. The Chinese Village 95   Part IV: The Interpreter Class (1905-1917)   9. Blood and Fire 119  10. In Pursuit of Smugglers 135  11. Modern Life 150  12. The Trial 161  13. \"Sailors Should Go Ashore\" 173  Part V : Reinventions (1917-1950)  14. The New Daughter-in-Law 189   15. Loss 201   16. Service 207    Epilogue 223   Glossary of Chinese Names 231   Acknowledgments 233   Notes 235   Appendix: Documents from the Chinese Exclusion Era 277   Index 315","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865527562583,"sku":"9780691155326","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691155326.jpg?v=1722274398","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-lucky-ones-9780691155326","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}