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In 1857, Alla Lee, a 24yearold native of Ningbo, China, seeking a better life, came to St. Louis. A decade later, Lee was joined by several hundred of his countrymen from San Francisco and New York who were seeking jobs in mines and factories in and around St. Louis. Most of these Chinese workers lived in boardinghouses located near a street called Hop Alley. In time, Chinese hand laundries, merchandise stores, herb shops, restaurants, and clan association headquarters sprang up in and around that street, forming St. Louis Chinatown. Hop Alley survived with remarkable resilience and energy until 1966 when urban renewal bulldozers leveled the area to make a parking lot for Busch Stadium. A new suburban Chinese American community has been quietly, yet rapidly, emerging since the 1960s in the form of cultural community, where the Chinese churches, Chineselanguage schools, and community organizations serve as the infrastructure of the community.
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Lorenzo Ruiz
reviewed Chinese St. Louis, Missouri: 1857-2007 (Images of America Series) on November 08, 2017
Chinese St. Louis, Missouri: 1857-2007 (Images of America Series)
Stunning photographs. I mean, absolutely gorgeous visuals. Mr. Watkins and Ms. Jones seemed to go out of their way to find some really off-the-beaten-path "things to do before you die," though there was some overlap with the other book by these two, Unforgettable Journeys to Take Before You Die, as well as the first in the series, Unforgettable Places to See Before You Die. I'm not sure there's a really clear delineation between "things to do," "journeys to take," and "places to see." Most all of the trips chosen in any of the three books could have been shuffled into either of the others just fine.
Anyway, they introduced me to some intriguing locations I would have been unlikely to find on my own. For example, the sections on "Tasting Warrior Life" in Mongolia and "Searching for Black Pearls" in French Polynesia. Both are interesting slices of the world I really don't know much about but now I'm intrigued enough to go find out more. And I liked the little "travel tips" at the end of each section.
Honestly, though, the main emotion coursing through my mind while reading this book was something bordering on insane jealousy. If they're looking for someone to help test out a bunch of unforgettable trips for a fourth book, I'm available. (Call me!)
For more book reviews, visit my blog, Build Enough Bookshelves.
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