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Patriot number one : American dreams in Chinatown /

In 2014, in a snow-covered house in Flushing, Queens, a village revolutionary from southern China considered his options. Zhuang Liehong was the son of a fisherman, the former owner of a small tea shop and the spark that had sent his village into an uproar, pitting residents against a corrupt local...

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Main Author:	Hilgers, Lauren (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English Chinese
Language Notes:	Text primarily in English with some Chinese terms.
Published:	New York : Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2018]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Chinese > New York (State) Chinese > New York (State) > Social conditions. Chinese Americans > New York (State) Chinese > United States > Emigration and immigration. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / Asian & Asian American. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies.

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