| Description |
xvii, 518 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
pt. I. The Chinese encounter in America (1840-1882). Pioneers -- The world they left behind -- The China trade and the trade in Chinese labor -- Race -- Labor -- The world of Chinese immigrants -- The anti-Chinese movement -- pt. II. The transnational ghetto : life during the exclusion era (1882-1945). White dominance at home and abroad -- Anglo-conformity -- The Chinese build their community -- In search of respect -- American-born aliens -- Inroads to American politics -- pt. III. The Cold War shapes Chinese America (1946-1965). A window of opportunity -- Cold War and the Chinese American community -- Chinese professionals wanted! -- American-born achievers -- pt. IV. From civil rights to identity politics (1965-1980s). The rise of Asian America -- Struggle for identity -- Radicals and reformers -- Culture wars -- pt. V. Contemporary Chinese America. The rise and fall of Chinatowns -- Into the suburbs -- Chinese American transnationals -- Ethnoburbs -- A culture of growing self-confidence -- The limits of the civil rights agenda -- pt. VI. Suburban and symbolic politics. The middle class enters the fray -- The money trail -- The China/Chinese American tangle -- Postscript : Chinese America in the twenty-first century. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [489]-494) and index. |
| Subject |
Chinese Americans -- History.
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Chinese Americans -- Social conditions.
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| Added Author |
Miščevič, Dušanka Dušana.
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| ISBN |
1565849620 |
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9781565849624 |
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1595581197 |
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9781595581198 |
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