Chinese America

Author : Iris Chang
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2004-03-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781101126875

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The Chinese in America by Iris Chang Pdf

A quintessiantially American story chronicling Chinese American achievement in the face of institutionalized racism by the New York Times bestselling author of The Rape of Nanking In an epic story that spans 150 years and continues to the present day, Iris Chang tells of a people’s search for a better life—the determination of the Chinese to forge an identity and a destiny in a strange land and, often against great obstacles, to find success. She chronicles the many accomplishments in America of Chinese immigrants and their descendents: building the infrastructure of their adopted country, fighting racist and exclusionary laws and anti-Asian violence, contributing to major scientific and technological advances, expanding the literary canon, and influencing the way we think about racial and ethnic groups. Interweaving political, social, economic, and cultural history, as well as the stories of individuals, Chang offers a bracing view not only of what it means to be Chinese American, but also of what it is to be American.

Author : Xiaojian Zhao
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0813530113

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Remaking Chinese America by Xiaojian Zhao Pdf

In Remaking Chinese America, Xiaojian Zhao explores the myriad forces that changed and unified Chinese Americans during a key period in American history. Prior to 1940, this immigrant community was predominantly male, but between 1940 and 1965 it was transformed into a family-centered American ethnic community. Zhao pays special attention to forces both inside and outside of the country in order to explain these changing demographics. She scrutinizes the repealed exclusion laws and the immigration laws enacted after 1940. Careful attention is also paid to evolving gender roles, since women constituted the majority of newcomers, significantly changing the sex ratio of the Chinese American population. As members of a minority sharing a common cultural heritage as well as pressures from the larger society, Chinese Americans networked and struggled to gain equal rights during the cold war period. In defining the political circumstances that brought the Chinese together as a cohesive political body, Zhao also delves into the complexities they faced when questioning their personal national allegiances. Remaking Chinese America uses a wealth of primary sources, including oral histories, newspapers, genealogical documents, and immigration files to illuminate what it was like to be Chinese living in the United States during a period that--until now--has been little studied.

Author : Peter Kwong,Dušanka Dušana Miščevič
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Chinese Americans
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114223618

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Chinese America by Peter Kwong,Dušanka Dušana Miščevič Pdf

From award-winning author Peter Kwong and Dusanka Miscevic comes a definitive portrait of Chinese Americans, one of the oldest immigrant groups and fastest-growing communities in the United States.

Author : Gene Luen Yang
Publisher : First Second
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2006-09-06
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781466805460

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American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang Pdf

A tour-de-force by rising indy comics star Gene Yang, American Born Chinese tells the story of three apparently unrelated characters: Jin Wang, who moves to a new neighborhood with his family only to discover that he's the only Chinese-American student at his new school; the powerful Monkey King, subject of one of the oldest and greatest Chinese fables; and Chin-Kee, a personification of the ultimate negative Chinese stereotype, who is ruining his cousin Danny's life with his yearly visits. Their lives and stories come together with an unexpected twist in this action-packed modern fable. American Born Chinese is an amazing ride, all the way up to the astonishing climax. American Born Chinese is a 2006 National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature, the winner of the 2007 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New, an Eisner Award nominee for Best Coloring and a 2007 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year. This title has Common Core Connections

Author : Allen Gee
Publisher : Santa Fe Writer's Project
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781939650313

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My Chinese-America by Allen Gee Pdf

Eloquently written essays about aspects of Asian American life comprise this collection that looks at how Asian-Americans view themselves in light of America's insensitivities, stereotypes, and expectations. My Chinese-America speaks on masculinity, identity, and topics ranging from Jeremy Lin and immigration to profiling and Asian silences. This essays have an intimacy that transcends cultural boundaries, and casts light on a vital part of American culture that surrounds and influences all of us.

Author : Iris Chang
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008-08-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780786725656

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Thread Of The Silkworm by Iris Chang Pdf

The definitive biography of Tsien Hsue-Shen, the pioneer of the American space age who was mysteriously accused of being a communist, deported, and became -- to America's continuing chagrin -- the father of the Chinese missile program.

Author : Erika Lee
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2004-01-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 0807863130

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At America's Gates by Erika Lee Pdf

With the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, Chinese laborers became the first group in American history to be excluded from the United States on the basis of their race and class. This landmark law changed the course of U.S. immigration history, but we know little about its consequences for the Chinese in America or for the United States as a nation of immigrants. At America's Gates is the first book devoted entirely to both Chinese immigrants and the American immigration officials who sought to keep them out. Erika Lee explores how Chinese exclusion laws not only transformed Chinese American lives, immigration patterns, identities, and families but also recast the United States into a "gatekeeping nation." Immigrant identification, border enforcement, surveillance, and deportation policies were extended far beyond any controls that had existed in the United States before. Drawing on a rich trove of historical sources--including recently released immigration records, oral histories, interviews, and letters--Lee brings alive the forgotten journeys, secrets, hardships, and triumphs of Chinese immigrants. Her timely book exposes the legacy of Chinese exclusion in current American immigration control and race relations.

Author : Min Zhou
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009-04-07
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781592138593

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Contemporary Chinese America by Min Zhou Pdf

A sociologist of international migration examines the Chinese American experience.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Chinese Historical Society
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : California
ISBN : 9781885864109

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Chinese America: History and Perspectives 2001 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Beth Lew-Williams
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674976016

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The Chinese Must Go by Beth Lew-Williams Pdf

Beth Lew-Williams shows how American immigration policies incited violence against Chinese workers, and how that violence provoked new exclusionary policies. Locating the origins of the modern American "alien" in this violent era, she makes clear that the present resurgence of xenophobia builds mightily upon past fears of the "heathen Chinaman."

Author : Tritia Toyota
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780804772822

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Envisioning America by Tritia Toyota Pdf

Envisioning America is a groundbreaking and richly detailed study of how naturalized Chinese living in Southern California become highly involved civic and political actors. Like other immigrants to the United States, their individual life stories are of survival, becoming, and belonging. But unlike any other Asian immigrant group before them, they have the resources—Western-based educations, entrepreneurial strengths, and widely based social networks in Asia—to become fully accepted in their new homes. Nevertheless, Chinese Americans are finding that their social credentials can be a double-edged sword. Their complete incorporation as citizens is bounded both by mainstream discourse in the United States, which paints them racially as perpetual foreigners, and by an existing Asian-Pacific American community not always accepting of their economic achievements and transnational ties. Their attempts at inclusion are at the heart of a vigorous struggle for recognition and political empowerment. This book challenges the notion that Asian Americans are apathetic or apolitical about civic engagement, reminding us that political involvement would often have been a life-threatening act in their homeland. The voices of Chinese Americans who tell their stories in these pages uncover the ways in which these new citizens actively embrace their American citizenship and offer a unique perspective on how global identities transplanted across borders become rooted in the local.

Author : Chelsea Rose,J. Ryan Kennedy
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813057354

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Chinese Diaspora Archaeology in North America by Chelsea Rose,J. Ryan Kennedy Pdf

Archaeologists are increasingly interested in studying the experiences of Chinese immigrants, yet this area of research is mired in long-standing interpretive models that essentialize race and identity. Showcasing the enormous amount of data available on the lives of Chinese people who migrated to North America in the nineteenth century, this volume charts new directions by providing fresh approaches to interpreting immigrant life. In this volume, leading scholars first tackle broad questions of how best to position and understand these populations. They then delve into a variety of site-based and topical case studies, providing new approaches to themes like Chinese immigrant foodways and highlighting understudied topics including entrepreneurialism, cross-cultural interactions, and conditions in the Jim Crow South. Pushing back against old colonial-based tropes, contributors call for an awareness of the transnational relationships created through migration, engagement with broader archaeological and anthropological debates, and the expansion of research into new contexts and topics. Contributors: Linda Bentz | Todd J. Braje | Kelly N. Fong | D. Ryan Gray | J. Ryan Kennedy | Christopher Merritt | Laura W. | Virginia S. Popper | Adrian Praetzellis | Mary Praetzellis | Chelsea Rose | Douglas E. Ross | Charlotte K. Sunseri | Barbara L. Voss | Priscilla Wegars | Henry Yu

Author : Dusanka Miscevic,Peter Kwong
Publisher : Universe Publishing(NY)
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105028629058

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Chinese Americans by Dusanka Miscevic,Peter Kwong Pdf

The powerful story of one of the most heavily persecuted immigrant groups to arrive on our shores is a poignant, often sombre, look at the struggles and triumphs of the more than two million Chinese who left their native land for a chance at a better life. This book combines a powerful historical text about the Chinese experience in America -- from the earliest immigrants through the present day -- with close to 200 extraordinary images carefully selected to provide new perspective. Early chronicles of Chinese life in America dwelled on the 'exotic' and 'alien' image of the Chinese people, as evidenced in nineteenth and early twentieth century photographs, drawings, and posters. Chinese Americans: The Immigrant Experience presents an honest, humanising perspective, celebrating Chinese Americans in all their diversity, while also placing their hard-won triumph within a historical framework that acknowledges the particularly difficult and painful experiences they encountered in trying to make America their home.

Author : Birgit Zinzius
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0820467448

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Chinese America by Birgit Zinzius Pdf

Chinese America - Stereotype and Reality is a comprehensive and fascinating textbook about the Chinese in America. Covering more than 150 years of history, the book documents the increasing importance of the Chinese as a social group: from immigration history to the latest immigration legislation, from educational achievements to socio-cultural and political accomplishments. Employing the author's detailed knowledge of the Chinese Diaspora, combined with her meticulous research, the book explores the history, diversity, socio-cultural structures, networks, and achievements of this often-overlooked ethnicity. It highlights how, based on their current position, Chinese Americans are well-placed to play a major role in future relations between China and the United States - the two largest economies of the twenty-first century.

Author : Kelley Hunsicker
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Chinese Americans
ISBN : 9781429613552

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Chinese Immigrants in America by Kelley Hunsicker Pdf

It's 1850, and you are fleeing war and starvation in your homeland of China. You sell everything you have to go to a place in America called Gold Mountain, better known as California. Do you try to strike it rich in the gold mines of California? or ..., Will you seek your fortune in San Francisco's Chinatown? or ..., Will you work as a laborer on the Transcontinental Railroad?