William Gow
Biographic Data
| ID | 1150358 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William Gow |
| GIVEN NAMES | William |
| FAMILY NAME | Gow |
| SIGNATURE | GOW W |
| AFFILIATIONS | William Gow is a public historian with the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California. He currently directs the Chinatown Remembered Community History Project, which seeks to document the history of Los Angeles Chinatown in the 1930s and 1940s. |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2023-7307 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Chinatown: San Francisco’s 1906 earthquake and the paradox of American immigration policy , by Dafeng Xu
Chinatown Pastiche
In 1893, China boycotted the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago in protest of the Geary Act, which renewed Chinese exclusion for ten years. In the absence of an official Chinese exhibit, a group of Chinese American merchants drew upon a set of theatrical elements associated with Chinatown tours to construct the Chinese Village attraction. For two decades, Chinatown tours had functioned as a form of aggregate entertainment featuring a set of …
I am Chinese
This article examines the history of lapel buttons and stickers used by Chinese Americans to identify their ethnicity during World War II. Most of these buttons and stickers were produced by Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Associations (CCBAs) immediately after the attack on Pearl Harbor to differentiate their members from Japanese Americans. In examining this history, this article focuses in particular on Los Angeles, the city with the largest J…
R enee T ajima -P eña , series producer. Asian Americans
Since the 1970s, Asian American filmmakers have produced scores of personal documentaries examining the relationship between ethnic identity and collective memory. From personal stories of immigrant detainment on Angel Island, to family memories of Japanese American wartime incarceration during World War II, to lived experiences of Operation Babylift, filmmakers like Robert Nakamura, Felicia Lowe, Spencer Nakasako, Loni Ding, Rea Tajiri, Janice T…
A Night in Old Chinatown
In 1938, the Chinese American community in Los Angeles hosted the Moon Festival in Old Chinatown as a fundraiser for Chinese victims of the Sino-Japanese War. Held against the backdrop of Bowl of Rice fundraisers across the United States, and the demolition of most of Old Chinatown by the construction of Union Station, the 1938 Moon Festival attracted tens of thousands of visitors to Old Chinatown while providing a stage for local Chinese America…
“…Is it alright to cry now?…”
Introduction by William Gow: My Great-aunt Anne was nearly ninety when she pulled a copy of her sister's manuscript from the garage and gave it to my Aunt Janice. At 316 pages, the manuscript entitled .Is it alright to cry now?. . covered the life of my grandfather's sister, Auntie Kay, from her earliest memories growing up in Oxnard's China Alley in the 1920s and 1930s through my parents' wedding in 1977
How My Great-Grandfather Lost His Name
This article is meant both as a guide for people who want to start genealogical research on their Exclusion Era Chinese American relatives, and as a personal narrative detailing some of the challenges I have encountered over the past few years as I tried to piece together the lives of my great-grandfather and his immediate family. While the article is written with Chinese American genealogists in mind, it is my hope that it will encourage others …
A Night in Old Chinatown
In 1938, the Chinese American community in Los Angeles hosted the Moon Festival in Old Chinatown as a fundraiser for Chinese victims of the Sino-Japanese War. Held against the backdrop of Bowl of Rice fundraisers across the United States, and the demolition of most of Old Chinatown by the construction of Union Station, the 1938 Moon Festival attracted tens of thousands of visitors to Old Chinatown while providing a stage for local Chinese America…
“…Is it alright to cry now?…”
Introduction by William Gow: My Great-aunt Anne was nearly ninety when she pulled a copy of her sister's manuscript from the garage and gave it to my Aunt Janice. At 316 pages, the manuscript entitled .Is it alright to cry now?. . covered the life of my grandfather's sister, Auntie Kay, from her earliest memories growing up in Oxnard's China Alley in the 1920s and 1930s through my parents' wedding in 1977
How My Great-Grandfather Lost His Name
This article is meant both as a guide for people who want to start genealogical research on their Exclusion Era Chinese American relatives, and as a personal narrative detailing some of the challenges I have encountered over the past few years as I tried to piece together the lives of my great-grandfather and his immediate family. While the article is written with Chinese American genealogists in mind, it is my hope that it will encourage others …
A Night in Old Chinatown
In 1938, the Chinese American community in Los Angeles hosted the Moon Festival in Old Chinatown as a fundraiser for Chinese victims of the Sino-Japanese War. Held against the backdrop of Bowl of Rice fundraisers across the United States, and the demolition of most of Old Chinatown by the construction of Union Station, the 1938 Moon Festival attracted tens of thousands of visitors to Old Chinatown while providing a stage for local Chinese America…
R enee T ajima -P eña , series producer. Asian Americans
Since the 1970s, Asian American filmmakers have produced scores of personal documentaries examining the relationship between ethnic identity and collective memory. From personal stories of immigrant detainment on Angel Island, to family memories of Japanese American wartime incarceration during World War II, to lived experiences of Operation Babylift, filmmakers like Robert Nakamura, Felicia Lowe, Spencer Nakasako, Loni Ding, Rea Tajiri, Janice T…
I am Chinese
This article examines the history of lapel buttons and stickers used by Chinese Americans to identify their ethnicity during World War II. Most of these buttons and stickers were produced by Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Associations (CCBAs) immediately after the attack on Pearl Harbor to differentiate their members from Japanese Americans. In examining this history, this article focuses in particular on Los Angeles, the city with the largest J…
Chinatown Pastiche
In 1893, China boycotted the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago in protest of the Geary Act, which renewed Chinese exclusion for ten years. In the absence of an official Chinese exhibit, a group of Chinese American merchants drew upon a set of theatrical elements associated with Chinatown tours to construct the Chinese Village attraction. For two decades, Chinatown tours had functioned as a form of aggregate entertainment featuring a set of …
Chinatown: San Francisco’s 1906 earthquake and the paradox of American immigration policy , by Dafeng Xu
History (6 works) · Immigration (6 works) · Art (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Asian American and Pacific Histories (4 works) · Chinese americans (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · History (4 works) · China (3 works) · Chinatown (3 works)