John Kuo Wei Tchen

John Kuo Wei Tchen,[1] also known as Jack, is the co-founder of the Museum of Chinese in America[2] and the founding director of the A/P/A Studies Program and Institute at New York University. He is the author of several books on Chinatown, including "New York before Chinatown: Orientalism and the Shaping of American Culture, 1776-1882" and "Genthe's Photographs of San Francisco's Old Chinatown, 1895-1905."[3] He is the co-author of "Yellow Peril! An Archive of Anti-Asian Fear."[4] Jack was featured in the film 9-Man (documentary)[5] and is a frequently called-upon expert on Chinatown and Asian American topics.[6][7][8]

References

  1. ↑ http://sca.as.nyu.edu/object/JohnTchen
  2. ↑ http://gallatin.nyu.edu/academics/faculty/jkt1.html
  3. ↑ http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AJohn%20Kuo%20Wei%20Tchen
  4. ↑ http://www.versobooks.com/authors/1825-john-kuo-wei-tchen
  5. ↑ http://video.pbs.org/video/2365480784/
  6. ↑ http://www.wnyc.org/people/john-kuo-wei-tchen/
  7. ↑ https://www.gilderlehrman.org/category/creator/john-kuo-wei-tchen
  8. ↑ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4652249


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