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The Chinese Americans
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Benson Tong
Book Code: GR0544
ISBN: 0-313-30544-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30544-3
280 pages, photos
Greenwood Press
Publication: 2/28/2000
List Price: $55.00 (UK Sterling Price: £31.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Series Title: The New Americans
Description: The Chinese Americans is the definitive source on the entire Chinese American experience, from Chinese sailors first arriving in the 1780s up to today. The most authoritative and comprehensive in scope, this volume chronicles the history of the Chinese diaspora in the United States and the economic, social, and political struggles of Chinese Americans, one of our largest and most prominent ethnic groups. Along with a survey of Chinese American contributions to art, literature, and film, Tong presents a thoughtful look at the fluid Chinese American identities through the lenses of the "model minority," assimilation, evolving family life, women's roles, and gays and lesbians. Biographical portraits of many notable Chinese Americans enhance the text. The volume begins with an overview of China in the Late Qing period, setting the stage for the successive waves of Chinese immigration to the United States. Chinese Americans, like other immigrants, have come to seek their fortune, and each generation has newly negotiated their position in society and their ethnic identity as they try to support their families. Students, teachers, and interested readers will follow the progress of these immigrants as they become part of the American mosaic and learn about the problems they have encountered along the way and continue to encounter such as racism and job discrimination. Their contributions to building this country and shaping U.S. history are discussed in terms of a complex relationship with the larger community.
Table of Contents:
  • Series Foreword
  • Preface
  • Roots of a Diaspora: Chinese Culture and Society in the Late Qing Period
  • Travelers to Gold Mountain: Immigration, Labor, and Exclusion
  • Nationalism and Americanization Before World War II
  • New Ties and New Lives in Cold War America
  • Socioeconomic Mobility and the Ethnic Economy
  • Political Mobilization and Empowerment
  • The Arts and Chinese Americans
  • Chinese American Families and Identities
  • Appendix
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 99-30319
LCC Class: E184
Dewey Class: 973
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