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The Confucius Institute At Umass Boston, Baifeng Sun
The Confucius Institute At Umass Boston, Baifeng Sun
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One of the 500 Confucius Institutes in 104 countries worldwide and the only one in Massachusetts. Facilitates rich cultural exchanges between the U.S. and China in collaboration with our educational counterparts in Beijing, China.
Reconstructing The Chinese American Experience In Lowell, Massachusetts, 1870s–1970s, Shehong Chen
Reconstructing The Chinese American Experience In Lowell, Massachusetts, 1870s–1970s, Shehong Chen
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This is a study of the Chinese American experience in Lowell, Massachusetts, over the century from the 1870s through the 1970s. I have selected this period for study because the 1870s witnessed the first appearance of Chinese laundries in Lowell, and the 1970s, the disappearance of Chinese laundries in Lowell. Notably, this study attempts to fill in two existing gaps in historical scholarship. First, the experiences of many of Lowell’s ethnic groups have been documented or studied, but the experience of the Chinese has been ignored. Secondly, the history of Chinese Americans in New England cities and towns has generally …