The First Suburban Chinatown: The Remaking of Monterey Park, California

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INDEX ABC (A Better Cityhood), 130, 133-36, 162,176 African Americans (also identified as blacks; "negroes"), 18,26-27,28,31, 36,65-66,155,157,159,161,166, 167-69, 177; and businesses owned by, 164 Agajanian, Shant, 52 Agar, Michael, II Ai Hoa, 62 Alameda, California, ll8 Alatorre, Richard, 121 Alhambra, California, 16,31-33,46, lll, 177; High School, 75; and the Alhambra Post-Advocate, 69; Unified School District, 70, 74-75, 81, 84 Alkire, 1. B., 19 Almada, David, 91-96, 99,102-3,109, ll2, 121-22, 127, 130 Alta California, 15 American Association of Women, 146 American-born Asians. See Asian Americans Anglos. See white(s) Anglo-Saxon Protestants, 55 anti-Asian, 4-5, 10, 132, 175 anti-Chinese, 4-6,14,55,70,104-5, llO, 119,121,137,145,150,153,168,171, 175-76 anti-Communism, 8, 153-54 anti-immigrant attitudes, 5, 14, 124, 159, 168,170-71,175-76 apartheid, 4, 60, 126 Arcadia, California, 33, 47, 145 Arcuri, Frank, 111-17, ll9, 120, 122, 140-41,152-53,172 ascriptive class segments, 162-63 Asia, 35, 49, Il4, 158-60, 174 Asian Americans, ix, 6, 62, 65-66, 106, Il7, 135, 147, 149, 151, 154, 157, 160, 161,164,174,176. See also Asian(s) Asian American studies, 142 Asian businesses, Ill, 132 Asian Detail, 68 Asian immigrants, 6, 32, 70, ll8, 147-48 Asian marketplace, 117 Asian Pacific Voter Registration Project, 141 Asian supermarkets, groceries, 34, 62-63 Asian Week, 148 Asian Youth Project, 142 Asian(s), 6, 13,50,60,62,66,90,109, Il2, ll5, 122, 131, 136, 145, 169, 171,176; family income of, 36; home ownership by, 36, 38; population, 3, 21, 27, 31, 36, 64, 177; residential patterns of, 36-38; as residents, 62; students, 70; voting by, 133-34, 141-42. See also Asian Americans assimilation, 9,58, 66, 157-60, 170, 175 Atlanta, Georgia, 164-66 Atlantic Boulevard, vii, 4,19,44,47,6263 ,65,69,71,81,101,103,106,138; and North Atlantic Plan, 89, 97, 1034 ,106 (see also Proposition Q); South Atlantic Mall, 1°1-2 Atlantic Square, 45-46, 77 Bach, Robert, 165 Balderrama, Fred, 140-41, 143 Ballesteros, Alice, 21-22, 73,135 Barerra, Mario, 162-63 Barnes Park, 3, 56 Barron, David, 65,131,140,148 Barth, Gunther, 6 Beijing, 29, 105 Bell Gardens, California, 75, 114 Berkebile, Thomas, 16 Bezaire Electronics, 51, 92 bilingual education, 55, 60-62, 170 bilingual hiring plan, 150-51 bilingual9ll dispatchers, 150-51, 154 bilingual skills, 171 blacks. See African Americans Blauner, Robert, 161, 163 Bonacich, Edna, 161, 163-65 Boston University, 21 Boy Scouts, 23 Brightwood Elementary School, 60-62 Briglio, Cam, 107, 123-24, 127-32, 137, 139-41,143-44 Bruggemeyer, Nell, 55, 57 211 212 I N D E X Bruggemeyer Memorial Library, vii, Jl-12,144 Bush, George, 143 Calderon, Charles, 121 California English Campaign, 118 California Tomorrow, vii California Court of Appeals, 146 California-Japanese American Republicans , 23 Califhrnian, 55, 57-58 California State University, Long Beach, 33 California State University, Los Angeles, 65, Jl3, 142 Californio (early settler), 19 capitalism, 109; and capitalists, 9,16163 , 165 Carter, Jimmy, 29,105 Casperson, John, 153 Caucasians. See whites Chaing Kai-Shek, 28 CHAMP (Coalition for Harmony in Monterey Park), 115, 124, 127-29, 135, 137, 148,151,163,176 Chan, Sucheng, ix, 7 Chavez, Cesar, 122 Chen, Anthony, 132 Chen, Hsiang-shui, 9-10 Chen, Lily Lee, 85-86, 90-96, 99,104-5, 108,112,148,150,154,172 Chicanos. See Latinos Chin, Patricia, 83, 89,101-2,131 Chin, Vincent, 5 China, 7-8, 25, 27-30, 66-67,115,130, 153. See also People's Republic of China "Chinatown" theme, 50, 59, 78 Chinatown, 6-10,112,153-55; New York, 7-9, 31,153; San Francisco, vii, 7-8,31,153. See also Chinese communities Chinese, 4-10, 26, 27-29, 33-3S, 41, 51, 58,62-65,67,71,84,90,92,104-5, 113, Jl5, 120, 127-28, 132, 136, 147, 152,160-61,163,165,168-69,17477 ; drivers, 4, 71-72; elderly, 3-4, 38, 126, 150; gangs, 67-69; and intraChinese conflict, 149-51; population, 26-27, 31; referred to as "chinks," 69, 133; residential patterns of, 38; residents, 5,86; students, 61-62, 71; voters, 8S, 136, 141-42; workers, 6, 28. See also Chinese Americans; Chinese immigrants Chinese Americans, 4...