The Lucky Ones : One Family and the Extraordinary Invention of Chinese America - Expanded Paperback Edition

__The Lucky Ones__ uncovers the story of the Tape family in post-gold rush, racially explosive San Francisco. Mae Ngai paints a fascinating 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. Tape family history illuminates American history. Seven-year-old Mamie attempts to integrate California schools, resulting in the landmark 1885 case __Tape v. Hurley__. The family's intimate involvement in the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair reveals how Chinese American brokers essentially invented Chinatown, and so Chinese culture, for American audiences. Finally, __The Lucky Ones__ reveals aspects--timely, haunting, and hopeful--of the lasting legacy of the immigrant experience for all Americans. This expanded edition features a new preface and a selection of historical documents from the Chinese exclusion era that forms the backdrop to the Tape family's story. Contents Preface to the Paperback Edition Author’s Note Tape Family Tree Maps Part I. Strivings (1864-1883) 1. The Lucky One 2. The First Rescue 3. Joseph and Mary Part II. School Days (1884-1894) 4. “That Chinese Girl” 5. Chinatown’s Frontier Part III. Native Sons and Daughters (1895-1904) 6. Suburban Squire 7. Two Marriages 8. The Chinese Village Part IV. The Interpreter Class (1905-1917) 9. Blood and Fire 10. In Pursuit of Smugglers 11. Modern Life 12. The Trial 13. “Sailors Should Go Ashore” Part V. Reinventions (1917-1950) 14. The New Daughter-in-Law 15. Loss 16. Service Epilogue Glossary of Chinese Names Acknowledgments Notes Appendix: Documents From the Chinese Exclusion Era Index Photos Uncovers 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. Traces three generations of a Chinese-American family from its patriarch's self-invention as an immigration broker in post-gold rush San Francisco to the family's intimate involvement in the 1904 World's Fair