{"product_id":"chinatown-family-multiethnic-literatures-of-the-americas-9780813539140","title":"Chinatown Family Multiethnic Literatures of the Americas","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eLin Yutang (1895–1976), author of more than thirty-five books, was arguably the most distinguished Chinese American writer of the twentieth century. In \u003ci\u003eChinatown Family\u003c\/i\u003e, he brings humor and wisdom to issues of culture, race, and religion as he tells the engrossing and heart-warming story of an immigrant, working-class Chinese American family that settled in New York City during the 1930s and 1940s. Tracing their sometimes troubled and sometimes rewarding journey, Lin paints a vivid portrait of the wonder and the woe of settling into a new land. In an era when interracial marriages were frowned upon and it was forbidden for working-class Chinese men to bring their families to America, this story shows how one family struggled to become new Americans by applying their Taoist philosophy to resist peacefully the discriminatory laws and racism they encountered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeyond the quest for acceptance and economic success, \u003ci\u003eChinatown Family\u003c\/i\u003e also probes deep int\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Chronology\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Chinatown Family\u003cbr\u003e Explanatory notes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768153145687,"sku":"9780813539140","price":27.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813539140.jpg?v=1758716589","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/chinatown-family-multiethnic-literatures-of-the-americas-9780813539140","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}