Chinese Americans and the politics of race and culture
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Chinese Americans and the politics of race and culture
（Asian American history and culture series）
Temple University Press, 2008
- : cloth
- : paper
Available at 7 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Offers multifaceted explorations of how Chinese Americans have shaped their ethnic culture and identities to claim recognition in America's multiracial, multicultural democratic state
Table of Contents
- Introduction. Chinese American Historiography: What Difference Has the Asian American Movement Made? / Sucheng Chan
- 1. History as Law and Life: Tape v. Hurley and the Origins of the Chinese American Middle Class / Mae M. Ngai
- 2. The Activism of Left-wing and Communist Chinese Immigrants, 1927-1933 / Josephine Fowler
- 3. Filling the Rice Bowls of China: Staging Humanitarian Relief during the Sino-Japanese War / Karen J. Leong and Judy Tzu-Chun Wu
- 4. From Pariah to Paragon: Shifting Images of Chinese Americans during World War II / K. Scott Wong
- 5. From Chop Suey to Mandarin Cuisine: Fine Dining and the Refashioning of Chinese Ethnicity during the Cold War Era / Madeline Y. Hsu
- 6. Searching for Roots in Contemporary China and Chinese America / Andrea Louie
- 7. The "Spirit of Changle": Constructing a Chinese Regional Identity in New York / Xiaojian Zhao Contributors
- Index
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