Locke and the Sacramento Delta Chinatowns (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781531665418)

Chinese pioneers in the Sacramento River Delta were the vital factor in reclaiming land and made significant contributions to California's agricultural industry from farming to canning. Since the 1860s, Chinese were already settled in the delta and created Chinatowns in and between the two towns of Freeport in the north and Rio Vista in the south. One of the towns, Locke, was unique in that it was built by the Chinese and was inhabited almost exclusively by the Chinese during the first half of the 1900s. The town of Locke represents the last remaining legacy of the Chinese pioneers who settled in the delta.

Author: Lawrence Tom, Brian Tom, The Chinese American Museum of Northern
ISBN-10: 1531665411
ISBN-13: 9781531665418
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Language: English
Published: 04/08/2013
Pages: 130
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d