Biting the Hand: Growing Up Asian in Black and White America 童书 Frank Dikötter examines the cults

Frank Dikötter examines the cults and propaganda surrounding twentieth-century dictators

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本书作者出于对自身唐人街经历的探寻，前往五个不同的著名唐人街，采访了生活在这里的众多华人。这五个唐人街，各具特色：旧金山唐人街历史最久、纽约唐人街规模最大、洛杉矶唐人街是好莱坞地标之一、檀香山唐人街拥有最多元族裔、拉斯维加斯唐人街位于购物中心内……作者讲述了五个唐人街的异同、唐人街所受到的歧视、艰苦的生活与工作环境、唐人街百年来的演变，揭开了在唐人街这个充满活力的缩影背后，深藏其中的华人的生命力与文化底蕴。

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Biting the Hand: Growing Up Asian in Black and White America 童书 Frank Dikötter examines the cultsA Kirkus Reviews, New York Public Library, andThe New Yorker Best Book of the Year Biting the Handvivid, powerful, and empatheticgrapples with the story of how America got made, is made, and will be made. The harshness of this story is often forgotten or misused. This book reminds us of some of its complicated truth.Jamaica Kincaid, author of A Small Place Julia Lee is angry. And she has questions. What does it mean to be Asian in America? What does