CUNY Conference on The Power of Place: Asian American Neighborhoods, Politics & Activism Today
Date: Friday, April 27, 2012 Time: 9AM to 4PM Place: CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue, Concourse Level, Manhattan
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Conference on The Power of Place: Asian American Neighborhoods, Politics & Activism Today – Biographies
Date: Friday, April 27, 2012 Time: 9AM to 4PM Place: CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue, Concourse Level, Manhattan
Conference on The Power of Place: Asian American Neighborhoods, Politics & Activism Today – Program
Date: Friday, April 27, 2012 Time: 9AM to 4PM Place: CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue, Concourse Level, Manhattan
American Chinatown: A People’s History of Five Neighborhoods
In American Chinatown, acclaimed travel writer Bonnie Tsui takes an affectionate, attentive look at the neighborhood that has bewitched her since childhood, when she eagerly awaited her grandfather’s return from the fortune cookie factory. This book examines the most famous American Chinatowns, in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Honolulu–fingers of land on the … Read more
Ethnic Banks and Community Development in New York City’s Immigrant Neighborhoods
Dr. Tarry Hum’s research examines the increasing presence of ethnic banks in New York City’s immigrant neighborhoods. In particular, Dr. Hum focus on the growing number of Chinese-owned ethnic banks in working-class Sunset Park, Brooklyn, their lending practices and community investment activities. Based on an analysis of 1998-2005 HMDA data, interviews with bank CEOs and … Read more