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Chinatown, San Jose, USAThe focus of this book is the Chinese settlement of Heinlenville, located in San Jose, California from 1887 1931. The author, Connie Young Yu, draws on family records and correspondence, oral interviews with former residents, and newspaper accounts of the period. The story is told against a broad background of information on Chinese immigration and years of federal anti Chinese legislation that set the stage for discrimination against the Chinese in

The government prosecuted them as criminals

Founded in 1910 as a fruit-growing colony it was named in Spanish for the fragrant apple orchards that once filled its spectacularly scenic landscape

With a stroke of his pen President Roosevelt destroyed the lives of 120

Hardcover with sewn binding and end bands

Starting All Over Again

The population drifted through various parts of the city and finally settled in the Western Addition after the 1906 earthquake

Wind Beneath My Wings

Surviving the heartbreak of evacuation and incarceration during World War II in desert internment camps San Diegans returned to rebuild a vibrant community after the war

Girls' Day

however during the War many were brought from concentration camps to help with the war effort

And complicating matters today is his new apprentice

Flour sack towels are super soft

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