Contributor
Yung, Judy.
Imprint:Berkeley : University of California Press, c2006.
Descriptionxxi, 462 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Note:Early Chinese immigrants, 1852-1904. - Songs of Gold Mountain wives. - Norman Asing, to his excellency Governor Bigler (1852). - The founding of Golden Hill's News (1854). - Sing Kum, letter by a Chinese girl (1876). - Documents of the Chinese six companies. - Pertaining to immigration. - A memorial from representative Chinamen in America (1876). - A memorial to the state of California to bar prostitutes (1868). - A letter writing campaign to discourage immigration (1876). - The second exhumation and return of the remains of our departed friends to the homeland (1876). - Wen Bing Chung, reminiscences of a pioneer student (1923). - Wong Hau-hon, reminiscences of an old Chinese railroad worker (1926). - Huang Zunxian, memorandum no. 29 to envoy Zheng (1882). Memorial of Chinese laborers at Rock Springs, Wyoming (1885). - Saum Song Bo, a Chinese view of the Statue of Liberty (1885). - Huie Kin, reminiscences of an early Chinese minister (1932). - Bow On Guk (Protective bureau)(1887). - Wong Chin Foo, why am I a heathen: a rejoinder to Wong Chin Foo (1887). - Jee Gam, the Geary Act: from the standpoint of a Christian Chinese (1892). - Elizabeth Wong, leaves from the life history of a Chinese immigrant (1936). - Kam Wah Chung letters (1898-1903). - Life under exclusion, 1904-1943. - Ng Poon Chew, the treatment of the exempt classes of Chinese in the U.S. (1908). - Detention in the wooden building (1910). - Chin Gee Hee, letter asking for support to building the Sunning Railroad (1911). - Chinese-American Citizens' Alliance, admission of wives of American citizens of Oriental ancestry (1926). - Gong Yuen Tim, "Just plain old luck and good timing": reminiscences of a Gold Mountain man (1988). - Helen Hong Wong, "I was the only Chinese woman in town": reminiscences of a Gold Mountain woman (1982). - Pardee Lowe, second-generation dilemmas (1930s). - Anna May Wong, I am growing more Chinese- each passing year! (1934). - Declaration of the Chinese Hand Laundry Alliance (1933). - Chinese women's association condensed report for the years 1932-1936. - Happy Lim, song of Chinese workers (1938). - Lim P. Lee, Chinatown goes picketing (1938). - Liu Liangmo, Paul Robeson: the people's singer (1950). - Jew Baak Ming, the founding of McGehee Chinese school. - Eddie Fung, "There but for the grace of God go I": the story of a POW survivor in World War II (2002). - Gilbert Woo, one hundred and seven Chinese (1943). - Becoming an integral part of America, 1943-2003. Chinese news service, San Francisco Chinese papers blame immigration practices in suicide of Chinese woman (1948). - Edding Gong, I want to marry an American girl (1955). - Hsue-shen Tsien, my bitter experience in the United States (1956). - Maurice Chuck, father and son (1995). - Ah Quon McElrath, "We gave workers a sense of dignity": the story of a union social worker (1982). - Sheila Chin Morris, "All the daddies were Chinese and all the mommies were white": growing up biracial in Minnesota (2002). - Bonnie C. Lew, "I always felt out of place there": growing up Chinese in Mississippi (1982). - Johnny Wong, "It was not a winnable war": remembering Vietnam (1998). - Jeffery Paul Chan, "I'm a Chinaman": an interview with Frank Chin (1970). - L. Ling-chi Wang, major education problems facing the Chinese community (1972). - On the normalization of relations between China and the U.S. - Proclamation by the Chinese six companies of San Francisco (1971). - Gilbert Woo, a turning point in Chinatown (1979). - Sadie Lum, Asian American women and revolution: a personal view (1983). - Shui Mak Ka, "In unity there is strength": garment worker speaks out at union rally (1982). - Kitty Tsui, the words of a woman who breathes fire (1983). - Anti-Asian violence and the Vincent Chin case. - Helen Y. Zia, the new violence (1984). - A letter from Lily Chin (1983). - Lily Wang, a journey of bitterness (1999). - Fu Lee, immigrant women speak out on garment industry abuse (1993). - Jubilee Lau, Chinese and proud of it (1996). - Marilee Chang Lin, learning to see the man himself (1997). - Ellen D. Wu, the best tofu in the world comes from Indiana? (1998). - Binh Ha Hong, reflections on becoming American (1999). - Chang-Lin Tien, affirming Affirmative Action (1995). - Alethea Yip, countering complacency: an interview with OCA director Daphne Kwok (1996). - "One mile, one hundred years": Governor Gary Locke's inaugural address (1997). - Kristie Wang, a second-generation call to action (1999). - Cheuk-Yin Wong, the Los Alamos incident and its effects on Chinese American scientists (2000). - David Ho, "We are Americans": the story behind Time magazine's man of the year (2003).
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 447-458) and index.
Note:A Choice Outstanding Title, 2006
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