Chinese Americans in the heartland migration, work and community /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ling, Huping, 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2022]
Series:Asian American studies today
Subjects:
Chinese Americans > Middle West > History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
Chinese Americans.
Emigration and immigration.
Ethnic relations.
Middle West > Emigration and immigration.
Middle West > Ethnic relations.
Middle West.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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

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