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Remaking Chinese America - Immigration, Family and Community, 1940-1965 (Paperback)
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Remaking Chinese America - Immigration, Family and Community, 1940-1965 (Paperback)
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"Xiaojian Zhao's Remaking Chinese America is an important addition
to Chinese American history, focusing on family formation and
reconstitution in an as yet little-studied era." --Roger Daniels,
Charles Phelps Taft Professor of History, University of Cincinnati
"Using records from the Immigration and Naturalization Service as
well as Chinatown newspapers, records from and about Chinese
American organizations, and oral interviews, Zhao has presented a
previously unknown perspective of Chinese America in a skillfully
constructed mosaic." --Sue Fawn Chung, University of Nevada, Las
Vegas In Remaking Chinese America, Xiaojian Zhao explores the
myriad forces that changed and unified Chinese Americans during a
key period in American history. Prior to 1940, this immigrant
community was predominantly male, but between 1940 and 1965 it was
transformed into a family-centered American ethnic community. Zhao
pays special attention to forces both inside and outside the
country in order to explain these changing demographics. Careful
attention is paid to evolving gender roles, since women constituted
the majority of newcomers, significantly changing the sex ratio of
the Chinese American population. In defining the political
circumstances that brought the Chinese together as a cohesive
political body, Zhao delves into the complexities they faced when
questioning their personal national allegiances during World War II
and the Communist takeover of mainland China. Remaking Chinese
America uses a wealth of primary sources, including oral histories,
newspapers, genealogical documents, and immigration files to
illuminate what it was like to be Chinese living in the United
States during a period that--until now--has been little studied.
Xiaojian Zhao is an associate professor of Asian American studies
at the University of California, Santa Barbara
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