... bachelor society into a more feminized version. They hoped that by appearing docile, Americans would accept them as friends and not enemies. Chinese leaders opted to host a beauty pageant to crown a Chinatown queen (Yeh, 2004). The colorful street and exotic foods appealed to many Americans, as they began to be introduced into the Chinese culture. Parades took over the small streets of ... Chinatown, firecrackers were heard for miles and for the first time a female presence could be seen in public. While traditional attire added to the legitimacy of the celebration only children and .....

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... -eight Chinese, wounding fifteen, and destroying property worth $140,000. The Qing Government's only retaliation was blocking a newly appointed U.S. ambassador (Koehn 7). Because of the Exclusion Act many families were separated. Chinatown in America was known as the "Bachelor Society." The Chinese American population declined from "over 100,000 in 1882 to around 85,000 in 1920" (Koehn 7). "In 1890, the imbalan ... ...

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