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9780759104570

Becoming Chinese American A History of Communities and Institutions

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  • ISBN13:

    9780759104570

  • ISBN10:

    0759104573

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2004-06-04
  • Publisher: AltaMira Press
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Summary

Collection of essays by Chinese-American scholar Him Mark Lai; published in association with the Chinese Historical Society of San Francisco.

Author Biography

Him Mark Lai has researched Chinese American history, has written key articles and books, and has taught the first college level course on Chinese American history. Active in community cultural activities, he produced a weekly hour-long community-based Cantonese language radio program and was coordinator of the Chinese Culture Foundation's "In Search of Roots" program

Table of Contents

Prefacep. ix
Foreword: The Life and Times of Him Mark Laip. xiii
Historical Overview
Guangdong Originsp. 3
Aftermath to Exclusion: The Confession Programp. 19
Traditionist Organizations
The Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association/Huiguan Systemp. 39
The Sanyi (Sam Yup) Community in Americap. 77
Chinese Regional Solidarity: The Hua Xian (Fa Yuen) Communityp. 143
Flower Growers and Political Activists: The Huangliang Du (Wong Leung Do) Communityp. 177
Expressing Their Commonality: Chinese Locality and Dialect Group Associationsp. 217
Cultural Retention
Chinese Schools in America before World War IIp. 271
Chinese Schools in America after World War IIp. 309
Chinese Glossaryp. 363
Indexp. 389
About the Authorp. 397
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