The Chinese in America - A History from Gold Mountain to the New Millennium

This new collection of essays demonstrates how a politics of polarity have defined the 150-year experience of Chinese immigration in America. Chinese-Americans have been courted as 'model workers' by American business, but also continue to be perceived as perpetual foreigners. The contributors offer engrossing accounts of the lives of immigrants, their tenacity, their diverse lifeways, from the arrival of the first Chinese gold miners in 1849 into the present day. The 21st century begins as a uniquely 'Pacific Century' in the Americas, with an increasingly large presence of Asians in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The book will be a valuable resource on the Asian immigrant experience for researchers and students in Chinese American studies, Asian American history, immigration studies, and American history.

About the author

Susie Lan Cassel teaches Literature and Writing Studies at California State University, San Marcos, specializing in Asian American and Multicultural American literature.

Summary

Demonstrates how a politics of polarity have defined the experience of Chinese immigration in America. This book is a useful resource on the Asian immigrant experience for researchers and students in Chinese American studies, Asian American history, immigration studies, and American history.

Product details

• Assisted by: Susie Lan Cassel (Editor)
• Publisher: Altamira Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780759100008
• ISBN: 978-0-7591-0000-8
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 235 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 744 g
• Series: Critical Perspectives on Asian; Critical Perspectives on Asian Pacific Americans; Critical Perspectives on Asian Pacific Americans; Critical Perspectives on Asian
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology