The Impact of the 1906 Earthquake on San Francisco's Chinatown

by Erica Y.Z. Pan

Overview

The 1906 earthquake and fire completely destroyed San Francisco's Chinatown. The anti-Chinese forces in the city, who had made repeated attempts to remove Chinatown from the center of the city in the late 19th century, regarded the demolition as a godsend. Despite all the odds posed by discrimination and disaster-related shortages, the Chinese community courageously held their ground that they had every right to rebuild where they were before the earthquake. The reconstruction was a landmark in the history of San Francisco's Chinatown.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780820426075
Publisher:	Lang, Peter Publishing, Incorporated
Publication date:	08/01/1995
Series:	American University Studies Series: Series 9: History , #173
Pages:	158
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

The Author: Erica Y.Z. Pan is a business administrator at General Transworld Corp., an import and export company in Los Angeles. She received her Ph.D. in U.S. history from Brigham Young University. She had previously published an article on Eugene O'Neill. She also participated in translating and compiling an English-Chinese Dictionary.

Editorial Reviews

When earthquake and fire destroyed San Francisco's Chinatown, anti- Chinese forces regarded it as a godsend, but despite discrimination and disaster-related shortages, the Chinese community rebuilt from their previous position in the center of the city. The book details the formation of the pre-earthquake Chinatown and its social and economic conditions, discusses plans to relocate Chinatown, and describes reconstruction and its political and economic impact. The bibliography lists English and Chinese language sources. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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