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Being Chinese, Becoming Chinese American (Paperback, annotated edition)
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Being Chinese, Becoming Chinese American (Paperback, annotated edition)
Series: Asian American Experience
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The 1911 revolution in China sparked debates that politicized and
divided Chinese communities in the United States. People in these
communities affirmed traditional Chinese values and expressed their
visions of a modern China, while nationalist feelings emboldened
them to stand up for their rights as an integral part of American
society. When Japan threatened the China's young republic, the
Chinese response in the United States revealed the limits of
Chinese nationalism and the emergence of a Chinese American
identity. Shehong Chen investigates how Chinese immigrants to the
United States transformed themselves into Chinese Americans during
the crucial period between 1911 and 1927. Chen focuses on four
essential elements of a distinct Chinese American identity: support
for republicanism over the restoration of monarchy; a wish to
preserve Confucianism and traditional Chinese culture; support for
Christianity, despite a strong anti-Christian movement in China;
and opposition to the Nationalist party's alliance with the Soviet
Union and cooperation with the Chinese Communist Party. Sensitive
and enlightening, Being Chinese, Becoming Chinese American
documents how Chinese immigrants survived exclusion and
discrimination, envisioned and maintained Chineseness, and adapted
to American society.
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