Description
Book SynopsisHaiming Liu presents a transnational history of a Chinese family from the late nineteenth century to the 1970s. It makes it clear that, for many Chinese American families, migration does not mean a break from the past but the beginning of a life that incorporates and transcends dual national boundaries.
Trade ReviewThis brilliantly nuanced story... challenges us to rethink immigration and immigrant adaptation in the broader cross-cultural and transnational milieu. -- Min Zhou * inaugural chair of the Department of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Los Ang *
An important history of Chinese American transnationalism, the book provides valuable insights into lesser known aspects of these immigrant lives, and allows us to understand Asian American history through the well-documented experiences of a family. -- Yong Chen * author of Chinese San Francisco, 1850 - 1943: A Transpacific Community *
Table of ContentsOrigins of the Chang family
Yitang as a merchant immigrant
Herbal medicine as a transplanted culture
Between troubled home and racist America
Asparagus farming as family business
Education as a family agenda
China as a cultural home
