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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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