The Lucky Ones: One Family and the Extraordinary Invention of Chinese America by Ngai, Mae - 2010-09-15

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Used - Good.

Houghton Mifflin, 2010. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Houghton Mifflin, 2010. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Houghton Mifflin, 2010. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010-09-15. hardcover. Used: Good.

Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin, Harcourt, 2010 Houghton, Mifflin, Harcourt, 2010. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a small remainder mark on the textblock top. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to tail. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($26.00); light bumping and wear to tail; light rubbing to panels. Purple paper over boards with black overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 288 pp 8vo. This book uncovers the three-generation story of the Tape Family. The patriarch, Jen Dip (Joseph Tape) poses as an immigration broker in San Francisco who profits and protests about Chinese discrimination and becomes a middle-class Chinese-American. Seven-year-old Mamie Tape integrates California schools (with the help of the 1885 Tape v. Hurley case) and the family became involved in the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, inventing Chinatown and Chinese culture for Americans. Down to the present generation, the author reveals aspects of… Read More

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010-09-14. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. First Printing with full number line. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; boards and text also very good. Unclipped dust jacket in VG condition, arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Princeton University Press, 2012-05-27. Revised. paperback. Used: Good.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010. First Edition . Hardcover. First printing, near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Slight spine roll to the book; top corners of boards just lightly bumped at tip. The jacket has corresponding small bumps at top corners of front panel. Includes two sections of photographs, glossary of Chinese names, endnotes, and an index; 288 pages. Signed by the author on the title page.