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Surviving on the gold mountain : a history of Chinese American women and their lives

Author: Huping Ling
Publisher: Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, ©1998.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : English
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Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Huping Ling
ISBN: 0791438635 9780791438633 0791438643 9780791438640
OCLC Number: 38061656
Description: xvii, 252 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents: Early Chinese Immigrant Women, 1840s-1943 --
Nineteenth Century Immigration: Chinese Women Came to the Gold Mountain --
Social Conditions for Women in Nineteenth Century China --
Motives for Immigration --
Restrictions on the Entry of Chinese Women --
Immigration and Settlement Patterns --
Nineteenth and Early-Twentieth Century Chinese American Women at Work --
Slave Girls --
Merchant Wives --
Students --
Farm Wives --
Defining Home and Community --
Family Life --
Community Involvement --
Postwar Chinese American Women, 1943-1965 --
Postwar Chinese American Women --
Repeal of Chinese Exclusion Acts --
Motives and Means of Immigration --
New Employment Opportunities --
Family Life --
Social Activities and Community Work --
Contemporary Chinese American Women, 1965-1990s --
New Turning Point --
Educational and Occupational Achievements --
Participation in Mainstream Politics --
Attitude Change of the Younger Generation: More Appreciation of Chinese Heritage --
Motives and Means of Immigration Since the 1960s --
Conditions for New Immigrants --
Issues and Concerns --
Model Minority: Myth and Reality --
Debate Over Affirmative Action --
Interracial Marriage.
Responsibility: Ping Linghu.

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