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The Chinese in America
A Narrative History
Taschenbuch von Iris Chang
Sprache: Englisch

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In an epic story that spans 150 years and continues to the present day, Iris Chang tells of a people's search for a better life-the determination of the Chinese to forge an identity and a destiny in a strange land and, often against great obstacles, to find success. She chronicles the many accomplishments in America of Chinese immigrants and their descendents: building the infrastructure of their adopted country, fighting racist and exclusionary laws, walking the racial tightrope between black and white, contributing to major scientific and technological advances, expanding the literary canon, and influencing the way we think about racial and ethnic groups. Interweaving political, social, economic, and cultural history, as well as the stories of individuals, Chang offers a bracing view not only of what it means to be Chinese American, but also of what it is to be American.
In an epic story that spans 150 years and continues to the present day, Iris Chang tells of a people's search for a better life-the determination of the Chinese to forge an identity and a destiny in a strange land and, often against great obstacles, to find success. She chronicles the many accomplishments in America of Chinese immigrants and their descendents: building the infrastructure of their adopted country, fighting racist and exclusionary laws, walking the racial tightrope between black and white, contributing to major scientific and technological advances, expanding the literary canon, and influencing the way we think about racial and ethnic groups. Interweaving political, social, economic, and cultural history, as well as the stories of individuals, Chang offers a bracing view not only of what it means to be Chinese American, but also of what it is to be American.
Über den Autor
Iris Chang (1968-2004) lived and worked in California. She was a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana and worked briefly as a reporter in Chicago before winning a graduate fellowship to the writing seminar program at The Johns Hopkins University. Her first book, Thread of the Silkworm (the story of Tsien Hsue-shen, father of the People's Republic of China's missile program) received worldwide critical acclaim. She is also the author of the New York Times bestseller The Rape of Nanking. She was the recipient of the John T. and Catherine D. MacArthur Foundation's Program on Peace and International Cooperation award, as well as major grants from the National Science Foundation, the Pacific Cultural Foundation, and the Harry Truman Library.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction vii
  1. The Old Country: Imperial China in the Nineteenth Century 1

  2. America: A New Hope 20

  3. "Never Fear, and You Will Be Lucky": Journey and Arrival in San Francisco 29

  4. Gold Rushers on Gold Mountain 38

  5. Building the Transcontinental Railroad 53

  6. Life on the Western Frontier 65

  7. Spreading Across America 93

  8. Rumblings of Hatred 116

  9. The Chinese Exclusion Act 130

  10. Work and Survival in the Twentieth Century 157

  11. A New Generation is Born 173

  12. Chinese America During the Great Depression 199

  13. "The Most Important Historical Event of Our Times": World War II 215

  14. "A Mass Inquisition": The Cold War, the Chinese Civil War, and McCarthyism 236

  15. New Arrivals, New Lives: The Chaotic 1960s 261

  16. The Taiwanese Americans 283

  17. The Bamboo Curtain Rises: Mainlanders and Model Minorities 312

  18. Decade of Fear: The 1990s 334

  19. High Tech vs. Low Tech 348

  20. A Uncertain Future 389

Notes 405
Acknowledgements 477
Index 481

Details
Empfohlen (von): 18
Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
Fachbereich: Volkskunde
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Völkerkunde
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780142004173
ISBN-10: 0142004170
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Chang, Iris
Hersteller: Transworld
Maße: 204 x 136 x 30 mm
Von/Mit: Iris Chang
Erscheinungsdatum: 30.03.2004
Gewicht: 0,467 kg
Artikel-ID: 102513211
Über den Autor
Iris Chang (1968-2004) lived and worked in California. She was a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana and worked briefly as a reporter in Chicago before winning a graduate fellowship to the writing seminar program at The Johns Hopkins University. Her first book, Thread of the Silkworm (the story of Tsien Hsue-shen, father of the People's Republic of China's missile program) received worldwide critical acclaim. She is also the author of the New York Times bestseller The Rape of Nanking. She was the recipient of the John T. and Catherine D. MacArthur Foundation's Program on Peace and International Cooperation award, as well as major grants from the National Science Foundation, the Pacific Cultural Foundation, and the Harry Truman Library.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction vii
  1. The Old Country: Imperial China in the Nineteenth Century 1

  2. America: A New Hope 20

  3. "Never Fear, and You Will Be Lucky": Journey and Arrival in San Francisco 29

  4. Gold Rushers on Gold Mountain 38

  5. Building the Transcontinental Railroad 53

  6. Life on the Western Frontier 65

  7. Spreading Across America 93

  8. Rumblings of Hatred 116

  9. The Chinese Exclusion Act 130

  10. Work and Survival in the Twentieth Century 157

  11. A New Generation is Born 173

  12. Chinese America During the Great Depression 199

  13. "The Most Important Historical Event of Our Times": World War II 215

  14. "A Mass Inquisition": The Cold War, the Chinese Civil War, and McCarthyism 236

  15. New Arrivals, New Lives: The Chaotic 1960s 261

  16. The Taiwanese Americans 283

  17. The Bamboo Curtain Rises: Mainlanders and Model Minorities 312

  18. Decade of Fear: The 1990s 334

  19. High Tech vs. Low Tech 348

  20. A Uncertain Future 389

Notes 405
Acknowledgements 477
Index 481

Details
Empfohlen (von): 18
Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
Fachbereich: Volkskunde
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Völkerkunde
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780142004173
ISBN-10: 0142004170
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Chang, Iris
Hersteller: Transworld
Maße: 204 x 136 x 30 mm
Von/Mit: Iris Chang
Erscheinungsdatum: 30.03.2004
Gewicht: 0,467 kg
Artikel-ID: 102513211
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