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Both Euro-Americans and Chinese paraded to reinforce their tenuous authority in the liminal space of Territorial Arizona. Although most Chinese practiced strategies of avoidance on the city streets, many also paraded in Chee Kung Tong meeting halls invoking through their performance a palimpsest of legendary geographies and heroic memories.
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