Condizione: Good. Bock, William Sauts (illustratore). Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
Condizione: Good. Bock, William Sauts (illustratore). Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
Unknown. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Bock, William Sauts (illustratore). Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Unknown. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Bock, William Sauts (illustratore). Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Unknown. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Bock, William Sauts (illustratore). Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Unknown. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Bock, William Sauts (illustratore). May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Association of Chinese Teachers Chinese American Heritage Project, San Francisco, CA, 1977, 1977
Da: Virginia Martin, aka bookwitch, Concord, CA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Leland Wong, Cover (illustratore). Quarto, softcover, near fine in red pictorial wraps. Illustrated with Line Drawings. Chinese readings and learning activities, Geared to 11 to 13 year olds. Chapters on why the Chinese left China, railrod builders in the west, early Chinese in the cities like San Francisco, Bessie of Monterey, Chinatown, a better life, Chinese-Americans in the 70's and more. 76 pages.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Association of Chinese Teachers Chinese American Heritage Project, San Francisco, CA, 1977
Da: 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Paperback. Condizione: NEW - COLLECTIBLE. Illustrated with Line Drawings (illustratore). First Edition, First Thus. Ex-Lib. Text/NEW & Bright. 1977 publication, issued w/o ISBN number. Library stamp to front cover verso. Stapled, illustrated softcover/Fine. Study funded by the US Dept of Health, Education & Welfare. Juvenile literature. Socio-economic background of early Chinese-Americans. 1848 surface gold was found in CA gold --- when closer South American labor costs were less available and at the eve of Civil War's end of African-American slavery. So leading to massive import of indentured, cheap Chinese labor (mostly poverty stricken farmers of Southern China). So numerous that in Chinese history is described as "the 2nd Opium War" for the sake of building railroads, new farms, and for working surface mines abandoned by white gold miners while penalized w/a special CA miner's tax. So many lives lost the Ch'ing Emperor sent "bone collectors" to bring back the dead to rest on Chinese soil. 76 pgs w/line drawings; narratives followed by class activities & review questions w/answers to rear. Elucidating chapter on human-economic cost exacted by America's opening of California and early Chinese-Americans for readers of all ages.
Library Binding. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.