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Being Chinese, Becoming Chinese American /

"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
Main Author: Chen, Shehong, 1954-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2002.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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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.