Chinese AmericansDiscusses Chinese who have immigrated to the United States, their reasons for coming, where they have settled, and how they have contributed to their new country. |
Contents
The Chinese in North America | 1 |
China | 18 |
Why America? | 33 |
Copyright | |
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American-born Chinese AMY TAN areas Asian Americans began born British California California Gold Rush Canada Canton Cantonese Charlie Chan Chew Chinese Americans Chinese community Chinese culture Chinese history Chinese population Chinese workers Chinese writing Chinese written language Chinese-American community Chung City Communists Confucianism Congress dialect diverse early Chinese immigrants early immigrants emigration entered the United ethnic Exclusion Acts film Fong Gish Jen Gold Rush graduate groups Guangdong Hawaii history of Chinese homeland Hong Kong includes island Joy Luck Club laborers land language large numbers lived mainland major MAXINE HONG KINGSTON Monterey Park national average Nationalist nineteenth century novel number of Chinese Paper sons percent percentage period readers from grades region Republic of China role San Francisco San Francisco's Chinatown South story Taiwan Tan's Taoism thousand traditional Chinese twentieth century Typical American U.S. immigration policy University Wang wave of Chinese Wong York York's Chinatown