Chopsticks in the Land of Cotton: Lives of Mississippi Delta Chinese Grocers

Nonfiction, History, Americas
Cover of the book Chopsticks in the Land of Cotton: Lives of Mississippi Delta Chinese Grocers by John Jung, Yin and Yang Press
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Author: John Jung ISBN: 9781386309383
Publisher: Yin and Yang Press Publication: March 21, 2018
Imprint: Language: English
Author: John Jung
ISBN: 9781386309383
Publisher: Yin and Yang Press
Publication: March 21, 2018
Imprint:
Language: English

The story of how a few Chinese immigrants found their way to the Mississippi River Delta in the late 1870s and earned their living with small family operated grocery stores in neighborhoods where mostly black cotton plantation workers lived. What was their status in the segregated black and white world of that time and place? How did this small group preserve their culture and ethnic identity? "Chopsticks in the Land of Cotton"is a social history of the lives of these pioneering families and the unique and valuable role they played in their communities for over a century.

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The story of how a few Chinese immigrants found their way to the Mississippi River Delta in the late 1870s and earned their living with small family operated grocery stores in neighborhoods where mostly black cotton plantation workers lived. What was their status in the segregated black and white world of that time and place? How did this small group preserve their culture and ethnic identity? "Chopsticks in the Land of Cotton"is a social history of the lives of these pioneering families and the unique and valuable role they played in their communities for over a century.

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