Publication Date
Fall 2012
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Theatre Arts
Advisor
David Kahn
Keywords
Chinese theater, Chinese theater San Francisco, Chinese theatre, Chinese theatre San Francisco, Theater riot, Theatre riot
Subject Areas
Theater history
Abstract
During the 1870s and 1880s, San Francisco's Chinese theaters were scenes of tumultuous riots, which this thesis has designated as The Gold Mountain Theater Riots. City petitions and ordinances restricting the performances of Chinese theaters, police raids on Chinese theaters when they did not comply with these ordinances, stampedes caused by panics, and tong and Chinese theater rivalries were all catalysts for violence in America's first Chinese theaters. The Gold Mountain Theater Riots attempts to gain further knowledge of why these extra-theatrical events occurred, through the examination of Chinese audiences and the police involved in these theater riots as reported in San Francisco Newspapers during this era.
Recommended Citation
Boyd, Morgan Gerard, "The Gold Mountain Theater Riots: A Social History of Chinese Theater Riots in San Francisco during the 1870s and 1880s" (2012). Master's Theses. 4223.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31979/etd.qcxe-4k5j
https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/etd_theses/4223
