Chinatown

In this significant scholarly contribution to the study of ethnic minorities Chalsa Loo documents a distinctive American community--Chinatown San Francisco. Based on an interview survey of residents of Chinatown Loo''s study tests prevailing psychological and sociological theories and ultimately dispels stereotypes about Asian Americans replacing them with empirically derived realities of American life. Chinatown: Most Time Hard Time comprehensively covers a range of significant areas of life integrating several disciplines and combining the rigor of scientific analysis with the richness of individual experience through the use of photographs and personal vignettes.This valuable analysis serves as a model of comprehensive quantitative multidomain interview sample survey research. It provides data on the major domains of life for all Americans but particularly for ethnic Americans: neighborhood crowding health mental health employment language and cultural barriers quality of life and differences between men and women. This book is scholarly yet readable and will be particularly useful to social scientists educators researchers human service professionals and policy planners.