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The Lucky Ones : One Family and the Extraordinary Invention of Chinese America by Mae M. Ngai, Angela Lin is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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If you’re Irish American or African American or Eastern European Jewish American, there’s a rich literature to give you a sense of your family’s arrival-in-America story. Until now, that hasn’t been the case for Chinese Americans. From noted historian Mae Ngai, The Lucky Ones uncovers the three-generational saga of the Tape family. It’s a sweeping story centered on patriarch Jeu Dip’s (Joseph Tape’s) self-invention as an immigration broker in post–gold rush, racially explosive San Francisco, and

Who reads The Lucky Ones : One Family and the Extraordinary Invention of Chinese America?

Author

Mae M. Ngai, Angela Lin

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9781299882461

Category

history

Subjects

History, Sociology, Biography

Rating

3.44 / 5 (94 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14