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Claiming America: Constructing Chinese American Identities During the Exclusion Era by Kevin Scott Wong (Paperback, 1998)

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This collection of essays centers on the formation of an ethnic identity among Chinese Americans during the period when immigration was halted. The first section emphasizes the attempts by immigrant Chinese to assert their intention of becoming Americans and to defend the few rights they had as resident aliens. Highlighting such individuals as Yung Wing, and ardent advocate of American social and political ideals, and Wong Chin Foo, one of the first activists for Chinese citizenship and voting rights, these essays speak eloquently about the early struggles in the Americanization movement. The second section shows how children of the immigrants developed a sense of themselves as having a distinct identity as Chinese Americans. For this generation, many of the opportunities available to other immigrants' children were simply inaccessible. In some districts explicit policies kept Chinese children in segregated schools; in many workplaces discriminatory practices kept them from being hired or from advancing beyond the lowest positions. In the 1930s, in fact, some Chinese Americans felt their only option was to emigrate to China, where they could find jobs better matched to their abilities. Many young Chinese women who were eager to take advantage of the educational and work options opening to women in the wider U.S. society first had to overcome their family's opposition and then racism. As the personal testimonies and historical biographies eloquently attest, these young people deeply felt the contradictions between Chinese and American ways; but they also saw themselves as having to balance the demands of the two cultures rather than as having to choose between them.

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Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S.
ISBN-10
1566395763
ISBN-13
9781566395762
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95580592

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Author
Kevin Scott Wong
Format
Trade Paperback (US), Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Sociology & Anthropology: Professional
Type
Textbook

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Weight
327g
Height
229mm
Width
152mm

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Place of Publication
Philadelphia Pa
Spine
14mm
Edited by
Sucheng Chan
Series Title
Asian American History and Culture Series
Content Note
4 Tables
Author Biography
K. Scott Wong is Associate Professor of History at Williams College in Williamstown, MA. He is coeditor of Privileging Positions: The Sites of Asian American Studies. Sucheng Chan is Professor of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is editor or coeditor of several books including Entry Denied: Exclusion and the Chinese Community in America, 1882-1943 (Temple), Peoples of Color in the American West, Hmong Means Free: Life in Laos and America (Temple), Major Problems in California History, and many others.
Date of Publication
06/01/1998
Genre
Sociology & Anthropology: Professional
Country of Publication
United States

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