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Chinese American Transnationalism

The Flow of People, Resources, and Ideas between China and America During the Exclusion Era

Sucheng Chan author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Temple University Press,U.S.

Published:28th Dec '05

£69.00

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Considers the many ways in which Chinese living in the United States during the exclusion era maintained ties with China through a constant flow of people, economic resources, as well as political and cultural ideas. This book describes the changing patterns of Chinese immigration and strategies for circumventing exclusion laws.Underscores the complexities of the Chinese immigrant experience and the ways in which its contexts changed during the exclusion era

"Taken together, these essays offer a concise and worthwhile introduction to the state of the field in Chinese American social history."- Western Historical Quarterly

ISBN: 9781592134342

Dimensions: 229mm x 153mm x 23mm

Weight: unknown

312 pages