Benson Tong

The Chinese Americans

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Greenwood
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 583g
• ISBN-13: 9780313305443
• ISBN-10: 0313305447
• Artikelnr.: 20960267

Autorenporträt

Benson Tong

Inhaltsangabe

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