| Sweet Cakes, Long Journey: The Chinatowns of Portland, Oregon Subjects: Chinese Americans -- Oregon -- Portland -- History; Chinese Americans -- Oregon -- Portland -- Social conditions; Chinatown (Portland Or.) -- History; Portland (Or.) -- History; Portland (Or.) -- Race relations; Around the turn of the twentieth century, and for decades thereafter, Oregon had the second largest Chinese population in the United States. In terms of geographical coverage, Portland's two Chinatowns (one an urban area of brick commercial structures, one a vegetable-gardening community of shanty dwellings) were the largest in all of North America. Marie Rose Wong is an assistant professor specializing in urban design at the Institute of Public Service, Seattle University. |