LEADER 02924nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910458305603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-90162-1 010 $a9786612901621 010 $a9956-578-31-2 010 $a9956-578-05-3 010 $a9956-578-87-8 035 $a(CKB)2560000000051708 035 $a(EBL)1135224 035 $a(OCoLC)741350902 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000442504 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11287347 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000442504 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10445909 035 $a(PQKB)10971433 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1135224 035 $a(OCoLC)698588737 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse22020 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1135224 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10430870 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL290162 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000051708 100 $a20101217d2010 uy p 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSnatched from the grave$b[electronic resource] /$fJohn Ngong Kum Ngong 210 $aBamenda [Cameroon] $cLangaa Research & Pub.$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (74 p.) 300 $aVerse. 311 $a9956-578-73-8 327 $aCover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Content; INTRODUCTION; YOU CAN CALL ME NAMES; GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY; DELIVERED; OCTOBER 16TH 1993; EXTRAORDINARY LOVE; DESERTION; HUNGRY GRAVEYARD; THE GRACEFULNESS OF A NEW LIFE; I WISH YOU COULD UNDERSTAND; WHY I BEAT THE DRUM; KICK PHILOSOPHY; WALK THE PATH TOO; I WILL CONTINUE DRUMMING; STICKING ON; WE ALL DAYDREAM; YOU TOO CAN LAUGH; CHANGE COURSE; THE CHOICE IS YOURS; BETTER THE CROSS; RIPE FOR CIRCUMCISION; REFUGE IN THE LIGHT; JUMP IN NOW; THANK YOU; TRANSFORMED; SINCE I CROSSED OVER; UNMOVED; KILL THE BEAST; I BELIEVE; CAST THE FIRST STONE 327 $aMY ACHILLES' HEELSTORMY WEATHER; DYED IN GRAFT; STILL HUMAN; MY ATONEMENT; IN THE STORM BUT...; HANDICAPPED; SINGING FOR JOY; LEMONS OF BELONGING; ARROW IN MY HEART; MY CHASSIS; CRASH ODOUR; LEANING FULL WEIGHT; MATURITY; LOOK BEYOND YOUR NOSE; SWINGING LOW; LIFELONG SATISFACTION; Back Cover 330 $aSnatched from the Grave, an exciting and provocative collection of 46 poems, traces the path taken by the protagonist to find real lifelong satisfaction and peace in a turbulent, perilous and ruthless world. 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Family can be separated and home may be relocated, but jia remains intact. It signifies a system of mutual obligation, lasting responsibility, and cultural values. This strong yet flexible sense of kinship has enabled many Chinese immigrant families to endure long physical separation and accommodate continuities and discontinuities in the process of social mobility. Based on an analysis of over three thousand family letters and other primary sources, including recently released immigration files from the National Archives and Records Administration, Haiming Liu presents a remarkable transnational history of a Chinese family from the late nineteenth century to the 1970s. For three generations, the family lived between the two worlds. While the immigrant generation worked hard in an herbalist business and asparagus farming, the younger generation crossed back and forth between China and America, pursuing proper education, good careers, and a meaningful life during a difficult period of time for Chinese Americans. When social instability in China and hostile racial environment in America prevented the family from being rooted in either side of the Pacific, transnational family life became a focal point of their social existence. This well-documented and illustrated family history makes it clear that, for many Chinese immigrant families, migration does not mean a break from the past but the beginning of a new life that incorporates and transcends dual national boundaries. It convincingly shows how transnationalism has become a way of life for Chinese American families. 606 $aChinese Americans$zCalifornia$vBiography 607 $aCalifornia$xEmigration and immigration$xHistory 607 $aChina$xEmigration and immigration$xHistory 615 0$aChinese Americans 676 $a304.8/73051/0922 700 $aLiu$b Haiming$f1953-$01485838 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910975434403321 996 $aThe transnational history of a Chinese family$94479893 997 $aUNINA