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The Chinese Laundries of Wichita, Kansas:
A Portrait of an Immigrant Community on the Western Frontier, 1880-1905

The author uses historic newspaper reports, census records, city directories, and historic advertising to recreate the Chinese community found in Wichita, Kansas around the turn of the century.

Tags: Burlingame Treaty, chain migration, Charles Sing, Chinese Exclusion Act, Chinese laundries, Chisolm Trail, Gold Mountain, Kansas Pacific Railroad, Mr. Lillie, Opium Wars, The Gold Rush, Wichita, Woman's Industrial League, Wyandotte County

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The Chinese Laundries of Wichita, Kansas: A Portrait of an Immigrant Community on the Western Frontier, 1880-1905

The Chinese Laundries of Wichita, Kansas:
A Portrait of an Immigrant Community on the Western Frontier, 1880-1905