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The Transnational History of a Chinese Family - Immigrant Letters, Family Business, and Reverse Migration (Paperback)
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The Transnational History of a Chinese Family - Immigrant Letters, Family Business, and Reverse Migration (Paperback)
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Family and home are one word - jia - in the Chinese language.
Family can be separated and home may be relocated, but jia remains
intact. In signifies a system of mutual obligation, lasting
responsibility, and cultural values. This strong yet flexible sense
of kinship has enabled many Chinese immigrant families to endure
long physical separation and accommodate continuities and
discontinuities in the process of social mobility. Based on an
analysis of over three thousand family letters and other primary
sources, including recently released immigration files from the
National Archives and Records Administration, Haiming Liu presents
a remarkable transnational history of a Chinese family from the
late nineteenth century to the 1970s. For three generations, the
family lived between the two worlds. While the immigrant generation
worked hard in an herbalist business and asparagus farming, the
younger generation crossed back and forth between China and
America, pursuing proper education, good careers, and a meaningful
life during a difficult period of time for Chinese Americans. When
social instability in China and hostile racial environment in
America prevented the family from being rooted in either side of
the Pacific, transnational family life became a focal point of
their social existence. This well-documented and illustrated family
history makes it clear that, for many Chinese immigrant families,
migration does not mean a break from the past but the beginning of
a new life that incorporates and transcends dual national
boundaries. It convincingly shows how transnationalism has become a
way of life for Chinese American families.
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