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Author:

Kwong, Peter.

Title:

Chinese America : the untold story of America's oldest new community / Peter Kwong and Dušanka Miščević.

Publisher:

Distributed by W.W. Norton,
Distributed by W.W. Norton,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

xvii, 518 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Chinese Americans--History.
Chinese Americans--Social conditions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [489]-494) and index.

Contents:

The Chinese encounter in America (1840-1882) -- The transnational ghetto: life during the exclusion era (1882-1945) -- The Cold War shapes Chinese America (1946-1965) -- From civil rights to identity politics (1965-1980s) -- Contemporary Chinese America -- Suburban and symbolic politics.

ISBN:

9781565849624
1565849620

OCLC:

(OCoLC)60420916

LCCN:

2005049550

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)