Being Chinese, becoming Chinese American /

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"In this foundational study, Shehong Chen investigates how Chinese immigrants to the United States transformed themselves into Chinese Americans during the crucial period between 1911 and 1927"--Jacket.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Chen, Shehong, 1954-
Corporate Author: University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus). Press
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [Champaign] : University of Illinois Press, ©2002.
Series:Asian American experience.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Chinese Americans > Ethnic identity.
Chinese Americans > Cultural assimilation.
Chinese Americans > Social conditions > 20th century.
Transnationalism.
Américains d'origine chinoise > Identité ethnique.
Américains d'origine chinoise > Acculturation.
Américains d'origine chinoise > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Transnationalisme.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
Chinese Americans > Social conditions.
International relations.
Soziale Situation.
Ethnische Identität.
Chinesen.
United States > Relations > China.
China > Relations > United States.
China.
United States.
USA.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A search for a modern China and challenges to traditional Chinese identity, 1911
  • Defending Chinese republicanism and debating Chineseness in the United States, 1912-14
  • Constructing a Chinese American identity, 1915
  • An ideological foundation of the Chinese American identity, 1916-24
  • Building permanent Chinese American communities and displaying American Chinatown culture, 1920-27
  • Appendix: political events in China, 1898-1924.

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