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The Celestials
Portland : Tin House Books, 2013.
Format: Ebook
Description: 1 online resource (369 pages)
In June of 1870, seventy-five Chinese laborers arrived in North Adams, Massachusetts, to work for Calvin Sampson, one of the biggest industrialists in that busy factory town. Except for the foreman, the Chinese didn't speak English. They didn't know they were strikebreakers. The eldest of them was twenty-two. Combining historical and fictional elements, The Celestials beautifully reimagines the story of Sampson's "Chinese experiment" and the effect of the newcomers' threatening and exotic presence on the New England locals.
Contents:
Section One: 1870; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Section Two: 1873; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Chapter Ten; Chapter Eleven; Chapter Twelve; Chapter Thirteen; Chapter Fourteen; Chapter Fifteen; Chapter Sixteen; Chapter Seventeen; Section Three: 27 September 1893; Chapter Eighteen; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Author Biography.
Subjects:
Labor unions -- Massachusetts -- Fiction.
Chinese -- Massachusetts -- Fiction.
Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction.
North Adams (Mass.) -- Fiction.
Massachusetts -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Labor unions -- Massachusetts -- Fiction.
Chinese -- Massachusetts -- Fiction.
Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction.
North Adams (Mass.) -- Fiction.
Massachusetts -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781935639565
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