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Author Siler, Julia Flynn, 1960- author.
Title The white devil's daughters : the women who fought slavery in San Francisco's Chinatown / Julia Flynn Siler.
Publisher New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
Copyright date ©2019
Edition First edition.


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Descript xii, 423 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Edition First edition.
Note "This is a Borzoi Book."
Contents Queen's room -- "The cussedest place for women" -- Reveille cry -- "No ordinary person" -- Victorian compromise -- Inked thumbprints -- The celestial quarter -- "To have a little Chinaman" -- Baiting the hook -- Life as a mui tsai -- "A worse slavery than ever uncle tom knew of " -- Dynamite -- Devil's playground -- Chinatown in tears -- Year of the rat -- Instant fame -- Municipal storm -- "Forcing me into the life" -- "I may go to sleep tonight and then find myself in hell!" -- A deathbed promise -- Taking public stands -- Pink curtain -- Courage to fight evil -- The Chinese Mark Twain -- "'Ell of a place!" -- The Lord is my shepherd -- "The stress of circumstances" -- Homecomings -- Municipal crib -- Paper son -- Dragon stories -- Tiny -- Missionaries of the home -- Matchmaking -- The "joy zone" -- Fruit tramps -- "Are you wearing a mask and taking precautions?" -- Quiet defiance -- "Sargy" -- Bessie -- Heavens for courage -- The thwack of bouncing balls -- Little general -- Shangri-la -- Broken blossoms -- Epilogue: "Blessed Tien."
ISBN 9781101875261 hardcover
1101875267 hardcover
9781101875278 electronic book
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Author Siler, Julia Flynn, 1960- author.
Subject Occidental Mission Home -- History.
Human trafficking -- California -- San Francisco.
Social work with prostitutes -- California -- San Francisco -- History.
Chinese -- California -- San Francisco -- History.
Women abolitionists -- United States -- History.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History.
Descript xii, 423 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content text txt
still image sti
Media unmediated n
Carrier volume nc
Edition First edition.
Note "This is a Borzoi Book."
Contents Queen's room -- "The cussedest place for women" -- Reveille cry -- "No ordinary person" -- Victorian compromise -- Inked thumbprints -- The celestial quarter -- "To have a little Chinaman" -- Baiting the hook -- Life as a mui tsai -- "A worse slavery than ever uncle tom knew of " -- Dynamite -- Devil's playground -- Chinatown in tears -- Year of the rat -- Instant fame -- Municipal storm -- "Forcing me into the life" -- "I may go to sleep tonight and then find myself in hell!" -- A deathbed promise -- Taking public stands -- Pink curtain -- Courage to fight evil -- The Chinese Mark Twain -- "'Ell of a place!" -- The Lord is my shepherd -- "The stress of circumstances" -- Homecomings -- Municipal crib -- Paper son -- Dragon stories -- Tiny -- Missionaries of the home -- Matchmaking -- The "joy zone" -- Fruit tramps -- "Are you wearing a mask and taking precautions?" -- Quiet defiance -- "Sargy" -- Bessie -- Heavens for courage -- The thwack of bouncing balls -- Little general -- Shangri-la -- Broken blossoms -- Epilogue: "Blessed Tien."
ISBN 9781101875261 hardcover
1101875267 hardcover
9781101875278 electronic book
Author Siler, Julia Flynn, 1960- author.
Subject Occidental Mission Home -- History.
Human trafficking -- California -- San Francisco.
Social work with prostitutes -- California -- San Francisco -- History.
Chinese -- California -- San Francisco -- History.
Women abolitionists -- United States -- History.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History.
LOCATION SHELVED AT LOAN TYPE STATUS
 Wilberforce Institute  HQ 316 S4 S5  DEPT DECISION  ASK AT DEPT

Subject Occidental Mission Home -- History.
Human trafficking -- California -- San Francisco.
Social work with prostitutes -- California -- San Francisco -- History.
Chinese -- California -- San Francisco -- History.
Women abolitionists -- United States -- History.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History.
Descript xii, 423 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content text txt
still image sti
Media unmediated n
Carrier volume nc
Note "This is a Borzoi Book."
Contents Queen's room -- "The cussedest place for women" -- Reveille cry -- "No ordinary person" -- Victorian compromise -- Inked thumbprints -- The celestial quarter -- "To have a little Chinaman" -- Baiting the hook -- Life as a mui tsai -- "A worse slavery than ever uncle tom knew of " -- Dynamite -- Devil's playground -- Chinatown in tears -- Year of the rat -- Instant fame -- Municipal storm -- "Forcing me into the life" -- "I may go to sleep tonight and then find myself in hell!" -- A deathbed promise -- Taking public stands -- Pink curtain -- Courage to fight evil -- The Chinese Mark Twain -- "'Ell of a place!" -- The Lord is my shepherd -- "The stress of circumstances" -- Homecomings -- Municipal crib -- Paper son -- Dragon stories -- Tiny -- Missionaries of the home -- Matchmaking -- The "joy zone" -- Fruit tramps -- "Are you wearing a mask and taking precautions?" -- Quiet defiance -- "Sargy" -- Bessie -- Heavens for courage -- The thwack of bouncing balls -- Little general -- Shangri-la -- Broken blossoms -- Epilogue: "Blessed Tien."
ISBN 9781101875261 hardcover
1101875267 hardcover
9781101875278 electronic book
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