Tong Wars: The Untold Story of Vice, Money, and Murder in New York's Chinatown
Scott D Seligman • Rizzoli • ISBN-13 978‑0399562273
Tong Wars: The Untold Story of Vice, Money, and Murder in New York's Chinatown
ISBN-10: 0399562273 · ISBN-13: 978‑0399562273 · 2016
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Scott D. Seligman chronicles the violent power struggles between rival Chinese merchant associations in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century New York City. Drawing on extensive archival research and contemporary newspaper accounts, the narrative details the complex social and political dynamics that defined the era of the tongs, offering a rigorous examination of the intersection between immigration, organized crime, and urban development in Chinatown.
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