The Chinese / C.J. Shane, book editor.
Publisher: San Diego, Calif. : Greenhaven Press, c2005.
ISBN: 0737721502 (alk. paper)
0737721510 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Description: 206 p. : map ; 23 cm.
Series: Coming to America
Subject: Chinese Americans History.
Chinese Americans Biography.
Immigrants United States History.
Immigrants United States Biography.
Contents: ch. 1. Coming to America -- 1. Why the Chinese came to America / Barbara Lee Bloom -- 2. The Chinese experience in nineteenth-century America / Shih-Shan Henry Tsai -- 3. Danger and death : building the transcontinental railroad / Maxine Hong Kingston -- 4. Sold into slavery / Ruthanne Lum McCunn -- 5. Racism and anti-Chinese legislation / Stanford M. Lyman -- 6. "The Chinese invasion" : a threat to American workers / Dennis Kearney, H.L. Knight -- ch. 2. Early struggles and achievements from the first wave to World War II -- 1. Eyewitness to an anti-Chinese riot / Him Mark Lai -- 2. The poetry of Angel Island / Anonymous poets -- 3. Entering America with forged papers / Tung Pok Chin, with Winifred C. Chin -- 4. Life in Chinatown / Bruce Edward Hall -- 5. Seeking independence / Jade Snow Wong -- ch. 3. World War II and beyond -- 1. World War II and Chinese American women / Xiaojian Zhao -- 2. Fleeing communist China for America / Betty Chu -- 3. The successes and troubles of high-tech immigrants / Iris Chang -- 4. A visit to China / Ben Fong-Torres -- 5. Snakeheads and smuggling / Peter Kwong -- ch. 4. Portraits of Chinese Americans -- 1. Musician Yo-Yo Ma / David Blum -- 2. Athlete Michelle Kwan / Michelle Kwan, as told to Laura James -- 3. Scientist and physician David Ho / David Ho, in an interview with the Academy of Achievement.
