Reminiscences of Shui Mak Ka : oral history, 2003.

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Reminiscences of Shui Mak Ka : oral history, 2003.

Born in Taishan, Guangdong, China; career: work for tax bureau in China, union organizer in Chinatown, New York City; memories of early childhood; Japanese invasion of China, wartime atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers, death of mother and stepmother; Kuomintang era in China, references to poverty and disease; liberation of China, inflation, joining the Communist Party, arrest of infamous smuggler; union work in the United States, role as union representative in garment industry, memories of strikes and union speeches, confronting non-unionized factories, fear of Chinatown gangs, threats to organizers.

transcript: 14 p.sound recording: 1 sound disc (149 min.) : digital ; 3 in.

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Ka, Shui Mak, 1930-,

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Union Representative. From the description of Reminiscences of Shui Mak Ka : oral history, 2003. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 269260763 ...

Albarelli, Gerry

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