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Investigates how Chinese immigrants to the United States transformed themselves into Chinese Americans during the period between 1911 and 1927. This study also documents the emergence of permanent Chinese American communities, or Chinatowns.

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"Chen's groundbreaking examination of the birth of a Chinese American identity is rich in detail and provides a vivid picture of the difficult historical circumstances that Chinese immigrants faced and the creative ways they fought for their rights in a strange land that eventually would become their home. This book is certain to become a classic in its field."--Asian Affairs

"Offers a fascinating portrait of Chinese America."--The Historian


"Once I started reading this book, I could not put it down. Shehong Chen has accurately portrayed the dynamics of the factors involved in the transformation of the Chinese American identity."--Sue Fawn Chung, author of Chinese in the Woods Logging and Lumbering in the American West

Being Chinese Becoming Chinese American

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      Publisher: University of Illinois Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 27/02/2006
      ISBN13: 9780252073892, 978-0252073892
      ISBN10: 0252073894
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Investigates how Chinese immigrants to the United States transformed themselves into Chinese Americans during the period between 1911 and 1927. This study also documents the emergence of permanent Chinese American communities, or Chinatowns.

      Trade Review
      "Chen's groundbreaking examination of the birth of a Chinese American identity is rich in detail and provides a vivid picture of the difficult historical circumstances that Chinese immigrants faced and the creative ways they fought for their rights in a strange land that eventually would become their home. This book is certain to become a classic in its field."--Asian Affairs

      "Offers a fascinating portrait of Chinese America."--The Historian


      "Once I started reading this book, I could not put it down. Shehong Chen has accurately portrayed the dynamics of the factors involved in the transformation of the Chinese American identity."--Sue Fawn Chung, author of Chinese in the Woods Logging and Lumbering in the American West

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