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Songs of Gold Mountain: Cantonese Rhymes from San Francisco Chinatown Marlon K. Hom
Songs of Gold Mountain: Cantonese Rhymes from San Francisco Chinatown
Marlon K. Hom
A selection of 220 rhymes from two collections of Chinatown songs published in 1911 and 1915. The songs are outspoken, addressing subjects as diverse as sex, frustrations with the American bureaucracy, poverty and alienation, and the loose morals of the younger generation of Americans.
336 pages, 2 maps
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | November 27, 1992 |
| ISBN13 | 9780520081048 |
| Publishers | University of California Press |
| Pages | 336 |
| Dimensions | 140 × 210 × 20 mm · 408 g |