Sweet Bamboo - A Memoir of a Chinese American Family

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About the author

Louise Leung Larson (1905-1988) became the first Asian American reporter for a major American newspaper, the Los Angeles Record, in 1926 at the age of 21. She later wrote for the Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine, Los Angeles Daily News, San Francisco News, Chicago Daily Times, and Santa Monica Evening Outlook.

Summary

A memoir of a Chinese American family who lived in Los Angeles since the first years of the 20th century. Recounted by the second daughter, who went on to become the first Asian American reporter for a major American newspaper, it illuminates the many changes that occurred in the family as members became integrated into American society.

Product details

• Authors: Louise Leung Larson, Louise Leung Larson Larson, Larson Louise Leung, Larson/Hune
• Assisted by: Shirley Hune (Editor), Louise Leung Larson (Editor), Jane Leung Larson (Editor), Shirley Hune (Introduction), Hune Shirley (Introduction)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2001
• EAN: 9780520230781
• ISBN: 978-0-520-23078-1
• No. of pages: 253
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Ethnic Studies, Biography: general, California, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, Asia, 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Migration, immigration & emigration, Regional Studies, Migration, immigration and emigration, Regional / International studies, Biography: philosophy and social sciences, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural & Regional