| Description |
2 videodiscs (approximately 263 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Originally broadcast on PBS networks in 2003. |
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Special features: Bonus program "Becoming American: personal journeys with Bill Moyers" (81 min.): Conversations with Shirley Young, David Ho, Jen, Gish, Samuel Ting and Maya Lin ; biography of Bill Moyers. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Episode 1. Gold mountain dreams ; Episode 2. Between two worlds -- Disc 2. Episode 3. No turning back. |
| Cast |
Host: Bill Moyers. |
| Summary |
Tells the remarkable history of Chinese Americans, from the first wave of immigration in the 1850s to the present day. Rather than finding the "Gold Mountain" they expected in California, early arrivals faced hardship and hard work, battled poverty and prejudice, and experienced the loneliness of a people caught between two worlds. Through personal narratives and interviews with historians, Moyers recounts the remarkable transformation of a bachelor society confined to America's Chinatowns into the new "model minority" and beyond to an integral part of the American mainstream and a vital part of the nation's future. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Language |
English SDH subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Chinese -- United States -- History.
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Chinese Americans -- History.
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China -- Emigration and immigration -- History.
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Chinese. (OCoLC)fst00857169
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Chinese Americans. (OCoLC)fst00857249
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Emigration and immigration. (OCoLC)fst00908690
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China. (OCoLC)fst01206073
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Moyers, Bill D.
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Young, Shirley, 1935-
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Ho, David D., 1952-
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Jen, Gish.
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Ting, S. C. C. (Samuel Chao-chung), 1936-
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Lin, Maya, 1959-
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Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
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Athena (Firm)
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Acorn Media (Firm)
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Public Affairs Television (Firm)
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Thomas Lennon Productions.
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| Added Title |
Chinese experience |
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Becoming American: personal journeys with Bill Moyers.
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