Picturing Chinatown: Art and Orientalism in San Francisco by Lee, Anthony W - 2001-10-01

University of California Press, 2001. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

University of California Press, 2001-10-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 10x7x1. Very good book in good dust jacket. Jacket is protected by a mylar cover. Spine is well bound. Text block is unmarked. Sticker from the previous owner on the front end page.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2001. xiv, 347 pages, [8] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour); 27 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "This visually and intellectually exciting book brings the history of San Francisco's Chinatown alive by taking a close look at images of the quarter created during its first hundred years, from 1850 to 1950. Picturing Chinatown contains more than 160 photographs and paintings, some well known and many never reproduced before, to illustrate how this famous district has acted on the photographic and painterly imagination. Bringing together art history and the social and political history of San Francisco, this vividly detailed study unravels the complex cultural encounter that occurred between the women and men living in Chinatown and the artists who walked its streets, observed its commerce, and visited its nightclubs. Artistic representations of San… Read More