Images of America: San Francisco’s Chinatown

Judy Yung's Images of America: San Franciscos Chinatown Book Launches at SF's Chinese Historical Society of America

The Chinese Historical Society of America and author/historian Judy Yung launched Images of America: San Franciscos Chinatown (Arcadia Publishing, 2006) at a standing room only book signing event on August 12. The new pictorial book featuring more than 200 photographs spans more than 150 years of history of this vibrant community.

Drawing from private collections and public archives, the images and accompanying text and captions tell the historical and cultural story of the oldest and most famous Chinatown in the world. Photos illustrate how Chinatown existed simultaneously as a segregated ghetto, tourist attraction, cultural mecca, and a neighborhood where people live, work, shop and socialize. The book also features a street map listing key sites that are mentioned in the book, for a self-guided historic walking tour of Chinatown.

Dr. Judy Yung was commissioned by the Chinese Historical Society of America to write the pictorial history of San Francisco Chinatown. Dr. Yung is Professor Emerita of American Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. In addition to her new book San Francisco's Chinatown, she is the author of Unbound Feet: A Social History of Chinese Women in San Francisco .

San Francisco Chinatown is part of Arcadia Publishings Images of America book series which uses archival photographs and brief essays to celebrate local history and encourage community preservation. A wonderful gift or souvenir, Images of America: San Franciscos Chinatown is now available at the CHSA bookstore and through your local book sellers, including Amazon.com . A portion of the proceeds go to the Chinese Historical Society of America.

CHINESE HISTORIAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
Museum & Learning Center
965 Clay St, San Francisco, CA, 94108 (415) 391-1188