Description: When Friends Come From Afar by Susan Blumberg-Kason Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Born in Hong Kong, Bernie Wong moved to the United States in the early 1960s to attend college. A decade later, she cofounded the Chinese American Service League (CASL) to help meet the needs of the citys isolated Chinese immigrants. Susan Blumberg-Kason draws on extensive interviews to profile the community and social justice organization. Weaving Wongs intimate account of her own life story through the CASLs larger history, Blumberg-Kason follows the group from its origins to its emergence as a robust social network that connects Chinatown residents to everything from daycare to immigration services to culinary education. Blumberg-Kason also traces CASL activism on issues like fair housing and violence against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic. At once intimate and broad in scope, When Friends Come from Afar uses one womans life to illuminate a bedrock Chicago institution. Author Biography Susan Blumberg-Kason is the author of Bernardines Shanghai Salon: The Story of the Doyenne of Old China and Good Chinese Wife: A Love Affair with China Gone Wrong. Details ISBN 0252046072 ISBN-13 9780252046070 Title When Friends Come From Afar Author Susan Blumberg-Kason Format Hardcover Year 2024 Pages 200 Publisher University of Illinois Press GE_Item_ID:161657534; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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Book Title: When Friends Come from Afar : The Remarkable Story of Bernie Wong and Chicago's Chinese American Service League
Number of Pages: 200 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Topic: Social Work, Women, Ngos (Non-Governmental Organizations), Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi)
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2024
Genre: Political Science, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 23.5 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Susan Blumberg-Kason
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
