The First Suburban Chinatown
by Project Muse, Fong, Timothy P.
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by Project Muse, Fong, Timothy P.
fromBook collections on Project MUSE
Monterey Park, California, is a community of 60,000 residents, located east of downtown Los Angeles. Dubbed by the media the "First Suburban Chinatown," Monterey Park is the only city in the continental United States with a majority Asian American population. Since the early 197…