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Chinese Americans in the Heartland : Migration, Work, and Community /
The term "Heartland" in American cultural context conventionally tends to provoke imageries of corn-fields, flat landscape, hog farms, and rural communities, along with ideas of conservatism, homogeneity, and isolation. But as the Midwestern and Southern states experienced more rapid popul...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick, NJ :
Rutgers University Press,
[2022]
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| Colección: | Asian American Studies Today
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- A Note on Translation and Terminology
- 1 Introduction: Defining the Asian American Heartland and Its Significance
- PART I Transnational Migration and Work
- 2 Transnational Migration and Businesses in Chinese Chicago, 1870s-1930s
- 3 Building "Hop Alley": Myth and Reality of Chinatown in St. Louis, 1860s-1930s
- 4 The Intellectual Tradition of the Heartland: The Chicago School and Beyond
- PART II Marriage, Family, and Community Organizations
- 5 Family and Marriage among Chicagoland Chinese, 1880s-1940s
- 6 Living in "Hop Alley," 1860s-1930s
- 7 Governing "Hop Alley": The On Leong Chinese Merchants and Laborers Association, 1906-1966
- PART III New Community Structures
- 8 The 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act and the Formation of Cultural Community in St. Louis
- 9 The Tripartite Community in Chicago
- 10 Conclusion: Convergences and Divergences
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author