- Title Pages
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Romanization and Chinese Names
- Wong Chin Foo Chronology
- Dramatis Personae
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1 The Arid Land of Heathenism (1847–67) -
2 An Abbreviated American Education (1868–70) -
3 The Timber from Which Conspirators Are Made (1871–72) -
4 Soiled Doves (1873–74) -
5 A Hare-Brained, Half-Crazy Man (1873–74) -
6 America’s First Confucian Missionary (1874) -
7 A Most Delightful Dish of Chow Chow (1875–79) -
8 A Terror to the Chinese Community (1879–82) -
9 The Chinese American (1883) -
10 Wiping Out the Stain (1883–85) -
11 I Shall Drive Him Back to His Sand Lots (1883) -
12 Pigtails in Politics (1884–86) -
13 Chop Suey (1884–86) -
14 Why Am I a Heathen? (1887) -
15 Fifty Cents a Pound (1887) -
16 The Chinese in New York (1887–89) -
17 I Have Always Been a Republican (1888–89) -
18 I’ll Cut Your Head Off If You Write Such Things (1888–91) -
19 The Only New Yorker Without a Country (1891) -
20 The Chinese Equal Rights League (1892) -
21 Is It Then a Crime to Be a Chinaman? (1893) -
22 An Ardent Worker for Justice (1893) -
23 False Starts (1894–95) -
24 The American Liberty Party (1896) -
25 A Letter from My Friends in America (1894–97) -
26 Citizenship for Americanized Chinese (1897) -
27 When the World Came to Omaha (1897–98) -
28 I Do Not Like Chinese Ways, Nor Chinamen Any More (1898) - Afterword
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Appendix Wong Chin Foo’s Published Works - Glossary and Gazetteer
- Bibliography
- Index
False Starts (1894–95)
False Starts (1894–95)
- Chapter:
- (p.234) (p.235) 23 False Starts (1894–95)
- Source:
- The First Chinese American
- Author(s):
Scott D. Seligman
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
After Wong returned to New York, he was appointed Chinese inspector. He very much enjoyed his brief career with the Treasury Department, and had a number of accomplishments. Wong was in an excellent position to collect information within the Chinese community, and he found that some of the money eventually went to the pockets of a number of federal customs officials. In October 1894, Wong made up his mind to remain in the city of Atlanta and went into business with Dr. Wang, a Chinese physician. They both yearned to introduce new forms of treatment for all sorts of diseases to the people in the city.
Keywords: Treasury Department, Chinese inspector, Chinese physician, Atlanta, America, China, Chinese American, Wong Chin Foo
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- Title Pages
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Romanization and Chinese Names
- Wong Chin Foo Chronology
- Dramatis Personae
-
1 The Arid Land of Heathenism (1847–67) -
2 An Abbreviated American Education (1868–70) -
3 The Timber from Which Conspirators Are Made (1871–72) -
4 Soiled Doves (1873–74) -
5 A Hare-Brained, Half-Crazy Man (1873–74) -
6 America’s First Confucian Missionary (1874) -
7 A Most Delightful Dish of Chow Chow (1875–79) -
8 A Terror to the Chinese Community (1879–82) -
9 The Chinese American (1883) -
10 Wiping Out the Stain (1883–85) -
11 I Shall Drive Him Back to His Sand Lots (1883) -
12 Pigtails in Politics (1884–86) -
13 Chop Suey (1884–86) -
14 Why Am I a Heathen? (1887) -
15 Fifty Cents a Pound (1887) -
16 The Chinese in New York (1887–89) -
17 I Have Always Been a Republican (1888–89) -
18 I’ll Cut Your Head Off If You Write Such Things (1888–91) -
19 The Only New Yorker Without a Country (1891) -
20 The Chinese Equal Rights League (1892) -
21 Is It Then a Crime to Be a Chinaman? (1893) -
22 An Ardent Worker for Justice (1893) -
23 False Starts (1894–95) -
24 The American Liberty Party (1896) -
25 A Letter from My Friends in America (1894–97) -
26 Citizenship for Americanized Chinese (1897) -
27 When the World Came to Omaha (1897–98) -
28 I Do Not Like Chinese Ways, Nor Chinamen Any More (1898) - Afterword
-
Appendix Wong Chin Foo’s Published Works - Glossary and Gazetteer
- Bibliography
- Index
