Strangers in the City: The Atlanta Chinese, Their Community and Stories of Their Lives

by Zhao,Jianli

• ISBN13: 9780815338031
• ISBN10: 0815338031
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781136543036
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-12-07
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Based largely on interviews from residents of Atlanta's Chinese community, this book provides new insights on the rise of Asian communities in the Southeast United States since the US immigration policy changes in 1965.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
List of Illustrations	p. xiii
List of Tables	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
Arguments and Methodology
The Community: History and Development
History of Chinese in the South	p. 21
Chinese in the South	p. 22
Chinese in Georgia	p. 34
Chinese in Atlanta: Early Settlers	p. 37
The Chinese Community in Atlanta	p. 69
The Development of the Chinese Community in Atlanta	p. 73
Community Organizations and Institutions	p. 87
The People: Stories of Their Lives in Atlanta
The New Immigrants	p. 125
From Illegal Immigrant to Restaurateur	p. 127
The Student Immigrant Experience	p. 137
The Professional/Entrepreneur	p. 147
A Three Generation Family	p. 157
The Grandparents: Yuanchung and Li-Ju	p. 159
The Parents: Wenjian and Weizhi	p. 164
The Children: Joseph and Albert	p. 184
The Story of a Chinese Woman in Atlanta	p. 207
Conclusions	p. 227
Bibliography	p. 237
Index	p. 249
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