| Description |
128 pages : illustrations, map ; 29 cm. |
| Series |
American family albums |
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Hoobler, Dorothy.
American family albums.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 123) and index. |
| Summary |
Interviews, excerpts from diaries and letters, newspaper accounts, profiles of famous individuals, and pictures from family albums portray the heartache and joy of the Chinese American experience. |
| Contents |
The middle kingdom. Images of the homeland ; The decision to leave -- Voyage to America. Getting ready ; Saying good-bye ; Going to America -- Arrival in the land of the flowery flag. A first look at America ; Angel Island ; The poems of Angel Island ; The grilling of a "paper son" ; "Everybody... had a split personality" -- A new life. The Gold Rush ; Pioneers ; The railroad builders ; "The Chinese must go" -- Putting down roots. The first Chinatown ; Chinatown U.S.A. ; The bachelor society ; Strength through groups ; Family ; The Chinese laundry ; Restaurants ; Ties to the homeland -- Part of America. Sweatshops and high tech ; Making it ; Becoming Americans ; Celebrations ; The Lee family -- Chinese American timeline. |
| Subject |
Chinese Americans -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Chinese Americans -- History.
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| Added Author |
Hoobler, Thomas.
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| ISBN |
0195081307 (lib. ed. : acid-free paper) |
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9780195081305 (lib. ed. : acid-free paper) |
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019509123X (trade ed. : acid-free paper) |
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9780195091236 (trade ed. : acid-free paper) |
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0195091256 (series, lib. ed. : acid-free paper) |
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9780195091250 (series, lib. ed. : acid-free paper) |
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0195124219 paperback |
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9780195124217 paperback |
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