The first detailed examination of the link between the "Chinese question" and the "Negro problem" in nineteenth-century America, this work forcefully and convincingly demonstrates that the anti-Chines
Discusses the history of Chinese immigration to the United States and covers key issues, including the reasons for immigration, the struggles faced, and how the culture influenced Americans.
While a growing number of popular and scholarly works focus on Asian Americans, most are devoted to the experiences of larger groups such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipino, and Indian Americans.
Discusses the meaning of the Chinese New Year and describes how Chinese Americans celebrate this holiday with parades, family reunions, and other festivities.
A study of first generation Chinese youth and their parents in the Houston, Texas area, revealing the ways in which this group resist assimilation. Presents a detailed ethnography of a Chinese languag
Mendocino County's name comes from the Native Americans who resided seasonally on the coast. The county is known as a scenic destination for its panoramic views of the sea, parks, wineries, and open s
Today, Americans are faced with unprecedented challenges, including global competition, decline in education quality, skyrocketing government debt, the looming insolvency of Social Security and Medica
Chinese Americans in Boston trace their historical origins to pioneering settlements of merchants, workers, and students in different parts of New England. After the 1880s, hundreds of Chinese arrived
One of the first Americans allowed to study herbal medicine inside mainland China presents an authoritative handbook on its theory and practice, identifying hundreds of herbs and formulas for common h
The naming practices of Chinese Americans are the focus of this work. Since Chinese immigration began in the mid–19th century, names of immigrants and their descendants have been influenced by both Ch
Chinese New Yorkers' support of both China and United States during the war reflected their dual identity as both Chinese and Americans. Their contributions to the war front and to the home front afte
American anthropologists and historians survey Chinese American funerary rituals and ceremonies from the late 19th century to the present, to show the various ways Chinese Americans have resolved tens
Forge positive, productive East/West business relationships by understanding how the other side thinks. Focusing on who the Chinese and Americans are, and why they behave in certain ways, thi
In Remaking Chinese America, Xiaojian Zhao explores the myriad forces that changed and unified Chinese Americans during a key period in American history. Prior to 1940, this immigrant community was pr
The 1965 Immigration Act altered the lives and outlook of Chinese Americans in fundamental ways. The New Chinese America explores the historical, economic, and social foundations of the Chinese Americ
