Patriot Number One : American dreams in Chinatown
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Author
Published
New York : Crown, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2018].
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
0451496132, 9780451496133
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 25 cm
Status
Adult Nonfiction (3rd floor)
NF 305.895 HILGERS 2018
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NF 305.895 HILGERS 2018
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Biographies.
China -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century.
China -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 21st century.
Chinatown (New York, N.Y.) -- Emigration and immigration.
Chinese Americans -- Cultural assimilation.
Exiles -- China.
Flushing (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions.
Immigrants -- China.
China -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century.
China -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 21st century.
Chinatown (New York, N.Y.) -- Emigration and immigration.
Chinese Americans -- Cultural assimilation.
Exiles -- China.
Flushing (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions.
Immigrants -- China.
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Published
New York : Crown, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2018].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
0451496132, 9780451496133
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [317]-324).
Description
"In 2014, in a snow-covered house in Flushing, Queens, a village revolutionary from Southern China considered his options. Zhuang Liehong was the son of a fisherman, the former owner of a small tea shop, and the spark that had sent his village into an uproar--pitting residents against a corrupt local government. Under the alias Patriot Number One, he had stoked a series of pro-democracy protests, hoping to change his home for the better. Instead, sensing an impending crackdown, Zhuang and his wife, Little Yan, left their infant son with relatives and traveled to America. With few contacts and only a shaky grasp of English, they had to start from scratch. In Patriot Number One, Hilgers follows this dauntless family through a world hidden in plain sight: a byzantine network of employment agencies and language schools, of underground asylum brokers and illegal dormitories that Flushing's Chinese community relies on for survival. As the irrepressibly opinionated Zhuang and the more pragmatic Little Yan pursue legal status and struggle to reunite with their son, we also meet others piecing together a new life in Flushing. Tang, a democracy activist who was caught up in the Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989, is still dedicated to his cause after more than a decade in exile. Karen, a college graduate whose mother imagined a bold American life for her, works part-time in a nail salon as she attends vocational school, and refuses to look backward." - Publisher description.
Language
Text primarily in English with some Chinese terms.
Action
cc,2018-04-16,JV
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hilgers, L. (2018). Patriot Number One: American dreams in Chinatown (First edition.). Crown, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hilgers, Lauren. 2018. Patriot Number One: American Dreams in Chinatown. Crown, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hilgers, Lauren. Patriot Number One: American Dreams in Chinatown Crown, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hilgers, Lauren. Patriot Number One: American Dreams in Chinatown First edition., Crown, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2018.
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