William Gow

assistant professor at Cal State Sacramento and author of “Performing Chinatown: Hollywood, Tourism and the Making of a Chinese American Community”

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Historian William Gow has written a history of LA’s Chinatowns (plural) – and how they were influenced by both Hollywood and the people who lived there.

LA’s Chinatown history is intertwined with Hollywood

Historian William Gow has written a history of LA’s Chinatowns (plural) – and how they were influenced by both Hollywood and the people who lived there.

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