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Author Lee, Anthony W., 1960-

Title Picturing Chinatown : art and orientalism in San Francisco / Anthony W. Lee.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2001]
©2001

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 347 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Ahmanson-Murphy fine arts imprint
Ahmanson Murphy fine arts imprint.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-336) and index.
Summary Throughout European history, Jews have been associated with commerce and the money trade, rendered both visible and vulnerable, like Shylock, by their economic distinctiveness. This is the story of Jewish perceptions of this economic difference and its effect on modern Jewish identity.
Contents The place of Chinatown -- Picturesque Chinatown -- Photography on the streets -- Photography in the books -- Revolutionary artists -- The Forbidden City.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) -- In art.
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Pictorial works.
Painting, American -- California -- San Francisco.
Painting, American.
California -- San Francisco.
Photography -- California -- San Francisco.
Photography.
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Art.
Pictorial works.
Art.
Illustrated works.
Illustrated works.
Other Form: Print version: Lee, Anthony W., 1960- Picturing Chinatown. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2001 0520225929 (DLC) 2001027087 (OCoLC)45861950
ISBN 9780520925861 (electronic book)
0520925866 (electronic book)
0585467447 (electronic book)
9780585467443 (electronic book)
1597348074 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader)
9781597348072 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader)
9780520225923
0520225929
0520225929 (cloth ; alkaline paper)