USEFUL LINKS

CHINATOWN, NEW YORK

An introduction to New York City's Chinatown:
http://www.chinatown-online.com/nychinatown.htm

A photo tour of New York City's Chinatown:
http://www.nyctourist.com/chinatown1.htm

Some basic information on New York City's Chinatown and its history:
http://www.ny.com/sights/neighborhoods/chinatown.html

A short guide to Chinatown, from Moon's New York City Handbook:
http://www.moon.com/travel_matters/hot_off_the_press/nyc.html

A collection of historical photos of New York City's Chinatown,
from the collection of the Museum of the Chinese in the Americas:
http://www.nycenet.edu/csd1/museums/chinatown/

An article by Bruce Edward Hall about his grandfather's Chinatown:
http://www.americanheritage.com/99/apr/054.htm



OTHER CHINATOWNS

An introduction to San Francisco's Chinatown:
http://www.kenny-international.com/S.F./Pictures/Chinatown/PhotoEssay.html

A history of San Francisco's Chinatown:
http://www.pbs.org/kqed/chinatown/resourceguide/story.html

A history of Philadelphia's Chinatown:
http://www.balchinstitute.org/chinatown/chinatown.html

 

GENERAL HISTORY

The Asian immigrant experience at California's Angel Island:
http://www.a-better.com/LK-AHSTY.HTM

The Chinese Experience, 1857-1892: Material (primarily cartoons) from Harper's Weekly:
http://immigrants.harpweek.com/ImmAndEthnicAmericaHome.htm

Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum:
http://www.cprr.org/Museum/index.html

 

OTHER

A starting point to discover what Asian Pacific American communities have to offer, issues that need to be addressed, and the bright future that lies ahead:
http://www.asianamericanartistry.com/