Authors: Sherri Gebert Fuller, Bill Holm
ISBN-13: 9780873514705, ISBN-10: 087351470X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date Published: December 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Sherri Bebert Fuller is the Director of Corporate and Foundation Support for the Minnesota Historical Society. She was the co-curator of the MHS exhibit "The Chinese American Experience in Minnesota."
"Sherri Gerbert Fuller provides us with a rare look at Chinese immigrant lives and aspirations in Minnesota, proudly reclaiming their voices as part of our great American heritage. I was delighted to read this book."Iris Chang, author of The Chinese in America
Minnesota's first Chinese settlers, fleeing racial violence in California, established scores of businesses after they arrived in the late 1870s. Newspapers eagerly published reports of their activities, including New Year's festivities, marriages, and restaurant and laundry openings. Beginning in 1882 federal laws banning Chinese immigration and denying citizenship put particular pressure on the community. Sherri Gebert Fuller relates the story of the Chinese from these early days to the 1960s when a new wave of immigrants, including students, businessmen, and professionals from China and Taiwan, began to bring new energy and issues to the community and a flourishing of ties between Minnesota and China.
Foreword | ||
Chinese in Minnesota | 1 | |
Early Immigration | 1 | |
Settlement in Minnesota | 11 | |
The Pre-World War II Community | 28 | |
World War II and the Postwar Era | 36 | |
The Community at Midcentury | 55 | |
Achievements and Challenges | 65 | |
Personal Account: My Father, Harry Chin | 83 | |
For Further Reading | 89 | |
Notes | 91 | |
Index | 97 |