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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chan, Sucheng.

Series:

Asian American history and culture.

Asian American history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese Americans--Ethnic identity.

Chinese Americans.

Chinese Americans--History.

Transnationalism.

United States--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : Temple University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

ISBN:

9786611093686

9781281093684

1281093688

9781592134489

1592134483

OCLC:

560330891