The Chinese in America: A Narrative History by Chang, Iris Hardcover 1st Edition

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Narrative Type
Nonfiction
Intended Audience
Adult
Inscribed
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ISBN
9780670031238
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0670031232
ISBN-13
9780670031238
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2347231

Product Key Features

Book Title
Chinese in America : a Narrative History
Number of Pages
448 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2003
Topic
Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies, General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science, History
Author
Iris Chang
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.7 in
Item Weight
33 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2002-044858
Dewey Edition
21
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
973/.04951
Table Of Content
Contents Introduction vii one. The Old Country: Imperial China in the Nineteenth Century 1 two. America: A New Hope 20 three. "Never Fear, and You Will Be Lucky": Journey and Arrival in San Francisco 29 four. Gold Rushers on Gold Mountain 38 five. Building the Transcontinental Railroad 53 six. Life on the Western Frontier 65 seven. Spreading Across America 93 eight. Rumblings of Hatred 116 nine. The Chinese Exclusion Act 130 ten. Work and Survival in the Early Twentieth Century 157 eleven. A New Generation Is Born 173 twelve. Chinese America During the Great Depression 199 thirteen. "The Most Important Historical Event of Our Times": World War II 215 fourteen. "A Mass Inquisition": The Cold War, the Chinese Civil War, and McCarthyism 236 fifteen. New Arrivals, New Lives: The Chaotic 1960s 261 sixteen. The Taiwanese Americans 283 seventeen. The Bamboo Curtain Rises: Mainlanders and Model Minorities 312 eighteen. Decade of Fear: The 1990s 334 nineteen. High Tech vs. Low Tech 348 twenty. An Uncertain Future 389 Notes 405 Acknowledgments 477 Index 481
Synopsis
Iris Chang made headlines in 1997 with the publication of The Rape of Nanking-a meticulously researched and brilliantly rendered examination of the sacking of that great city by the Japanese during World War II. Many readers of The Rape of Nankingresponded to its themes of the fight for justice and the assertion of cultural identity-themes Chang expands upon in her new book. Chang, the daughter of second-wave Chinese immigrants, has written an extraordinary narrative that encompasses the entire history of one of the fastest growing ethnic groups in the United States, an epic story that spans 150 years and continues to the present day. Chang takes a fresh look at what it means to be an American and draws a complex portrait of the many accomplishments of the Chinese in their adopted country, from building the transcontinental railroad to major scientific and technological advances. A sensitive, deeply moving story of individuals whose lives have shaped and been shaped by this history, The Chinese in Americais a saga of raw human tenacity and a testament to the determination of a people to forge an identity and destiny in a strange land.
LC Classification Number
E184.C5C444 2003

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