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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451143903321

Autore

Chan Sucheng

Titolo

Chinese American transnationalism [[electronic resource] ] : the flow of people, resources, and ideas between China and America during the exclusion era / / edited by Sucheng Chan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, PA, : Temple University Press, 2006

ISBN

1-281-09368-8

9786611093686

1-59213-448-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Collana

Asian American history and culture

Altri autori (Persone)

ChanSucheng

Disciplina

305.8951073

973.04951

973/.04951

Soggetti

Chinese Americans - Ethnic identity

Chinese Americans - History

Transnationalism

Electronic books.

United States Emigration and immigration Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-273) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. Defying Exclusion: Chinese Immigrants and TheirStrategies During the Exclusion Era; 2. Trading with Gold Mountain: Jinshanzhuang andNetworks of Kinship and Native Place; 3. Against All Odds: Chinese Female Migration and Family Formation on American Soil During the EarlyTwentieth Century; 4. Chinese Herbalists in the United States; 5. Understanding Chinese American TransnationalismDuring the Early Twentieth Century: An EconomicPerspective; 6. Republicanism, Confucianism, Christianity, and Capitalism in American Chinese Ideology

7. Teaching Chinese Americans to be Chinese:Curriculum, Teachers, and Textbooks in ChineseSchools in America During the Exclusion Era8. Writing a Place in American Life: The Sensibilities ofAmerican-born Chinese as Reflected in Life Storiesfrom the Exclusion Era; Notes; About the Contributors; Index



Sommario/riassunto

The third volume in a trilogy that offers the most comprehensive account to date of the Chinese American experience during the exclusion era