Chinatown, San Jose, U S A

The focus of this book is the Chinese settlement of Heinlenville, located in San Jose, California from 1887-1931. The author draws on family records & correspondence, oral interviews with former residents, & newspaper accounts of the period. The story is told against a broad background of information on Chinese immigration & years of federal anti-Chinese legislation that set the stage for discrimination against the Chinese in San Jose & in other cities in California.Yu, Connie Young is the author of 'Chinatown, San Jose, U S A' with ISBN 9780914139096 and ISBN 0914139096.