Chopsticks in The Land of Cotton: Lives of Mississippi Delta Chinese Grocers by John Jung
The story of how a few Chinese immigrants found their way to the Mississippi River Delta in the late 1870s and earned their liVietnameseng with small family operated grocery stores in neighborhoods where mostly black cotton plantation workers lived. What was their status in the segregated black and white world of that time and place? How did this small group preserve their culture and ethnic identity? Chopsticks in the Land of Cottonis a social history of the lives of these pioneering families and the unique and valuable role they played in their communities for over a century.
Robert Bell is co-founder of the Intelligent Community Forum, a think tank that focuses on the use of broadband and information technology for economic development in communities around the world. During his work with the Forum, Mr. Bell has led Master Classes and workshops in cities in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia. A regular blogger on the ICF Web site, he has also written for The Municipal Journal of Telecommunications Policy, IEDC Journal, Telecommunica¬tions, Digital Communities, and Asian Communications. He is a frequent speaker and moderator at municipal and telecommunications industry conferences, and has appeared in segments of ABC World News and The Discovery Channel. He is also the author of ICF's pioneering study, Benchmarking the Intelligent Community, the annual Top Seven Intelligent Communities of the Year white papers and other research reports issued by the Forum, and co-author of Broadband Economies: Creating the Community of the 21st Century.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780615185712 |
| ISBN 10 | 0615185711 |
| Title | Chopsticks in The Land of Cotton: Lives of Mississippi Delta Chinese Grocers |
| Author | John Jung |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Yin and Yang Press |
| Year published | 2008-02-09 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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