The First Suburban Chinatown: The Remaking of Monterey Park, California (Asian American History & Cultu) [Hardcover]

Timothy Fong (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 30, 1994

Monterey Park, California, only eight miles east of downtown Los Angeles, was dubbed by the media as the "First Suburban Chinatown." The city was a predominantly white middle-class bedroom community in the 1970s when large numbers of Chinese immigrants transformed it into a bustling international boomtown. It is now the only city in the United States with a majority Asian American population. Timothy P. Fong examines the demographic, economic, social, and cultural changes taking place there, and the political reactions to the change. Fong, a former journalist, reports on how pervasive anti-Asian sentiment fueled a series of initiatives intended to strengthen "community control," including a movement to make English the official language. Recounting the internal strife and the beginnings of recovery, Fong explores how race and ethnicity issues are used as political organizing tools and weapons. Author note: Timothy P. Fong teaches at the University of California, Davis, and at California State University, Hayward.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Ethnicity issues fuel internal strife as a community faces change

Donald H. Pflueger Local History Award, Historical Society of Southern California

Outstanding Book Award in the Social Sciences, Association for Asian American Studies --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Timothy P. Fong teaches at the University of California, Davis, and at California State University, Hayward.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 219 pages
• Publisher: Temple University Press (January 30, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1566391237
• ISBN-13: 978-1566391238
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,484,392 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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