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The first suburban Chinatown : the remaking of Monterey Park, California, Timothy P. Fong
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- Summary
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- Monterey Park, California, is a community of 60,000 residents, located east of downtown Los Angeles. Dubbed by the media the "First Suburban Chinatown," Monterey Park is the only city in the continental United States with a majority Asian American population. Since the early 1970s, large numbers of Chinese immigrants moved there and transformed a quiet, predominantly white middle-class bedroom community into a bustling international boomtown
- Timothy Fong examines the demographic, economic, social, and cultural changes taking place in Monterey Park, as well as the political reactions to change
- Although the city was initially recognized for its liberal attitude toward newcomers, rapid economic development and population growth spawned numerous problems. Greater density, traffic congestion, less open space and parking, and strain on city services are problems that any city would encounter with rapid unplanned growth. The prominence of Chinese-language business signs, and ethnic restaurants, markets, and shops persuaded many older residents to focus blame on the immigrants
- Fong describes how, by 1986, the once ethnically diverse city council became predominantly white and promoted such "anti-Chinese" measures as controlled growth and English as the official language
- Unlike earlier waves of Asian immigrants, many of the Chinese who settled in Monterey Park were affluent and well educated. Resentment over their rapid material success was fueled by pervasive anti-Asian sentiment throughout the country
- Fearing that newcomers were "taking over" and refusing to assimilate, residents supported a series of initiatives intended to strengthen "community control." These initiatives were branded as "racist" by development interests, as well as by many of the usually apolitical Chinese in the city. Fong chronicles the evolution of the conflict and locates the beginnings of its recovery from internal strife and unwanted negative media attention
- He demonstrates how the parallel emergence of a populist growth-control movement and a nativist anti-immigrant movement diverted attention from legitimate concerns over uncontrolled development in the city. Similar conflicts are occurring in other areas of California, as well as in New York City's Manhattan and Queens boroughs; Houston, Texas; and Orlando, Florida. Fong's detailed study of Monterey Park explores how race and ethnicity issues are used as political organizing tools and weapons
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 219 pages)
- Contents
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- Preface; Introduction: A New and Dynamic Community; 1. Ramona Acres to the Chinese Beverly Hills: Demographic Change; 2. Enter the Dragon: Economic Change; 3. "I Don't Feel at Home Anymore": Social and Cultural Change; 4. Community Fragmentation and the Slow-Growth Movement; 5. Controlled Growth and the Official-Englsih Movement; 6. "City with a Heart"?; 7. The Politics of Realignment; 8. Theoretical Perspectives on Monterey Park; Conclusion: From Marginal to Mainstream; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index
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- 9781439904633
- Label
- The first suburban Chinatown : the remaking of Monterey Park, California
- Title
- The first suburban Chinatown
- Title remainder
- the remaking of Monterey Park, California
- Statement of responsibility
- Timothy P. Fong
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- California -- Monterey Park
- Chinese Americans
- Chinese Americans -- California | Monterey Park -- History
- Chinese Americans -- California | Monterey Park -- Social conditions
- Chinese Americans -- Social conditions
- Chinesen
- Electronic books
- Geschichte
- HISTORY -- State & Local | General
- History
- Monterey Park (Calif.) -- History
- Monterey Park (Calif.) -- Social conditions
- Monterey Park, Calif
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General
- Social conditions
- "Multi-User"
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- Monterey Park, California, is a community of 60,000 residents, located east of downtown Los Angeles. Dubbed by the media the "First Suburban Chinatown," Monterey Park is the only city in the continental United States with a majority Asian American population. Since the early 1970s, large numbers of Chinese immigrants moved there and transformed a quiet, predominantly white middle-class bedroom community into a bustling international boomtown
- Timothy Fong examines the demographic, economic, social, and cultural changes taking place in Monterey Park, as well as the political reactions to change
- Although the city was initially recognized for its liberal attitude toward newcomers, rapid economic development and population growth spawned numerous problems. Greater density, traffic congestion, less open space and parking, and strain on city services are problems that any city would encounter with rapid unplanned growth. The prominence of Chinese-language business signs, and ethnic restaurants, markets, and shops persuaded many older residents to focus blame on the immigrants
- Fong describes how, by 1986, the once ethnically diverse city council became predominantly white and promoted such "anti-Chinese" measures as controlled growth and English as the official language
- Unlike earlier waves of Asian immigrants, many of the Chinese who settled in Monterey Park were affluent and well educated. Resentment over their rapid material success was fueled by pervasive anti-Asian sentiment throughout the country
- Fearing that newcomers were "taking over" and refusing to assimilate, residents supported a series of initiatives intended to strengthen "community control." These initiatives were branded as "racist" by development interests, as well as by many of the usually apolitical Chinese in the city. Fong chronicles the evolution of the conflict and locates the beginnings of its recovery from internal strife and unwanted negative media attention
- He demonstrates how the parallel emergence of a populist growth-control movement and a nativist anti-immigrant movement diverted attention from legitimate concerns over uncontrolled development in the city. Similar conflicts are occurring in other areas of California, as well as in New York City's Manhattan and Queens boroughs; Houston, Texas; and Orlando, Florida. Fong's detailed study of Monterey Park explores how race and ethnicity issues are used as political organizing tools and weapons
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- Fong, Timothy P
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Asian American history and culture
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- Chinese Americans
- Chinese Americans
- Monterey Park (Calif.)
- Monterey Park (Calif.)
- HISTORY
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Chinese Americans
- Chinese Americans
- Social conditions
- California
- Geschichte
- Monterey Park, Calif
- Chinesen
- Label
- The first suburban Chinatown : the remaking of Monterey Park, California, Timothy P. Fong
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- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-209) and index
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- Contents
- Preface; Introduction: A New and Dynamic Community; 1. Ramona Acres to the Chinese Beverly Hills: Demographic Change; 2. Enter the Dragon: Economic Change; 3. "I Don't Feel at Home Anymore": Social and Cultural Change; 4. Community Fragmentation and the Slow-Growth Movement; 5. Controlled Growth and the Official-Englsih Movement; 6. "City with a Heart"?; 7. The Politics of Realignment; 8. Theoretical Perspectives on Monterey Park; Conclusion: From Marginal to Mainstream; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index
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- 1 online resource (ix, 219 pages)
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- Isbn
- 9781439904633
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- c
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- (OCoLC)646068175
- Label
- The first suburban Chinatown : the remaking of Monterey Park, California, Timothy P. Fong
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-209) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Preface; Introduction: A New and Dynamic Community; 1. Ramona Acres to the Chinese Beverly Hills: Demographic Change; 2. Enter the Dragon: Economic Change; 3. "I Don't Feel at Home Anymore": Social and Cultural Change; 4. Community Fragmentation and the Slow-Growth Movement; 5. Controlled Growth and the Official-Englsih Movement; 6. "City with a Heart"?; 7. The Politics of Realignment; 8. Theoretical Perspectives on Monterey Park; Conclusion: From Marginal to Mainstream; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index
- Control code
- ocn646068175
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 219 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781439904633
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 22573/ctt141q31k
- 2fd638d9-9b4d-4964-92c5-a8b54bc15767
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)646068175
Subject
- California -- Monterey Park
- Chinese Americans
- Chinese Americans -- California | Monterey Park -- History
- Chinese Americans -- California | Monterey Park -- Social conditions
- Chinese Americans -- Social conditions
- Chinesen
- Electronic books
- Geschichte
- HISTORY -- State & Local | General
- History
- Monterey Park (Calif.) -- History
- Monterey Park (Calif.) -- Social conditions
- Monterey Park, Calif
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General
- Social conditions
- "Multi-User"
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