1 Mama's Childhood

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Foreword: Situating Sweet Bamboo in Chinese American History VII
4. Foreword to the First Edition XVII
5. CHINA BEGINNINGS
6. 1 Mama's Childhood 1
7. 2 Mama's Girlhood 9
8. 3 Betrothal and Marriage 12
9. 4 Papa Goes to Gold Mountain 20
10. GOODBYE TO SWEET BAMBOO
11. 5 Goodbye to Sweet Bamboo 29
12. 6 Ninth and Olive 34
13. 7 Lillie's Birth 39
14. 8 Mama, the Women's Liberationist 43
15. 9 Intrigue at Olive Street 49
16. GROWING UP
17. 10 Growing Up 61
18. 11 Lessons—Chinese and Music 68
19. 12 More Leungs Are Born 73
20. 13 Papa Gets Arrested 77
21. 14 Holiday Celebrations 81
22. "1619"
23. 15 Planning and Building 89
24. 16 Furnishing and Moving In 95
25. 17 Early Days at Pico 101
26. 18 From Gee Sook to Beatty 106
27. CHINESE AMERICANS
28. 19 The World's Fair 115
29. 20 1918 121
30. 21 Music and Tennis 127
31. 22 Race Prejudice 131
32. 23 Food as Ritual 136
33. 24 Our Peerless Car 141
34. PERSONALITIES
35. 25 E Sow 149
36. 26 Papa Goes to China 154
37. 27 William's Diary 159
38. 28 Lillie's Marriage 164
39. HARD TIMES
40. 29 Papa as a Tong Member 169
41. 30 Papa's Death 172
42. 31 Hard Times 180
43. 32 Mama the Matriarch 186
44. GENERATIONS
45. 33 Marriages 193
46. 34 World War II 197
47. 35 After the War 205
48. 36 End of an Era 210
49. Epilogue 217
50. Postscript: Return to Sweet Bamboo 219
51. Mamie Louise Leung Larson 225
52. The Tom Leung Family Tree 228
53. Glossary 231