Arizona
The history of Chinese immigration into the then territory of Arizona, now the state of Arizona, spans from 1860 to 1911, specifically around the area of Prescott and Yavapai County. There was much cultural exchange between people non-Chinese and Chinese despite efforts of the Federal government stepping in. The non-Chinese populations of the area tended to be supportive despite the ongoing racism outside of this region and the legal aspects of the Exclusionary Acts of the 1880s. In the modern era, after 1997, the Chinese culture in Arizona prevails in the form of the Chinatown themed mall and a cultural center in Phoenix.
Read more about this topic: Chinatowns In The United States
Famous quotes containing the word arizona:
“The Great Arizona Desert is full of the bleaching bones of people who waited for me to start something.”
—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)
“Desert rains are usually so definitely demarked that the story of the man who washed his hands in the edge of an Arizona thunder shower without wetting his cuffs seems almost credible.”
—Administration in the State of Ariz, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)