{"product_id":"an-immigrant-neighborhood-shirley-yee-9781592131273","title":"An Immigrant Neighborhood: Interethnic and Interracial Encounters in New York before 1930","description":"\u003cp\u003eExamining race and ethnic relations through an intersectional lens, Shirley Yee's \u003ci\u003eAn Immigrant Neighborhood\u003c\/i\u003einvestigates the ways that race, class, and gender together shaped concepts of integration and assimilation as well as whiteness and citizenship in lower Manhattan during the late nineteenth and early twentieth-centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn contrast to accounts of insulated neighborhoods and ethnic enclaves, Yee unearths the story of working class urban dwellers of various ethnic groups-Chinese, Jews, Italians, and Irish-routinely interacting in social and economic settings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYee's numerous, fascinating anecdotes-such as one about an Irishman who served as the only funeral director for Chinese for many years-recount the lived experiences of these neighborhoods, detailing friendships, business relationships, and sexual relationships that vividly counter the prevailing idea that different ethnic groups did not mix except in ways marked by violence and hostility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shirley Yee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1592131271\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781592131273\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/02\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.60w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2012","brand":"Shirley Yee","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065726447871,"sku":"9781592131273","price":76.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_db13ac3d-f47c-452c-a58a-5f215598bbeb.jpg?v=1768676855","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/an-immigrant-neighborhood-shirley-yee-9781592131273","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}