ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 



This paper was prepared while 1 was supported generously by 



the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada 



(Doctoral Fellowship). I would like to thank Dr. Michael Balick 



and Prof. Donald Pfister for reviewing the manuscript. I am 



especially grateful to Dr. Shiu-ying Hu who suggested the topic 



guided me in Boston's Chinatown and translated the Chinese 

 texts. 



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