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Remaking Chinese America: Immigration, Family, and Community, 1940--1965 Paperback – Illustrated, January 20, 2002

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In Remaking Chinese America, Xiaojian Zhao explores the myriad forces that changed and unified Chinese Americans during a key period in American history. Prior to 1940, this immigrant community was predominantly male, but between 1940 and 1965 it was transformed into a family-centered American ethnic community. Zhao pays special attention to forces both inside and outside of the country in order to explain these changing demographics. She scrutinizes the repealed exclusion laws and the immigration laws enacted after 1940. Careful attention is also paid to evolving gender roles, since women constituted the majority of newcomers, significantly changing the sex ratio of the Chinese American population.

As members of a minority sharing a common cultural heritage as well as pressures from the larger society, Chinese Americans networked and struggled to gain equal rights during the cold war period. In defining the political circumstances that brought the Chinese together as a cohesive political body, Zhao also delves into the complexities they faced when questioning their personal national allegiances. Remaking Chinese America uses a wealth of primary sources, including oral histories, newspapers, genealogical documents, and immigration files to illuminate what it was like to be Chinese living in the United States during a period that—until now—has been little studied.
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    256 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Rutgers University Press
  4. Publication date
    January 20, 2002
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0813530113
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0813530116
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"An important addition to Chinese American history, focusing on family formation and reconstitution in a little-studied era." -- Roger Daniels, Charles Phelps Taft Professor of History, University of Cincinnati

"Zhao has presented a previously unknown perspective of Chinese America." -- Sue Fawn Chung, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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In Remaking Chinese America, Xiaojian Zhao explores the myriad forces that changed and unified Chinese Americans during a key period in American history. Prior to 1940, this immigrant community was predominantly male, but between 1940 and 1965 it was transformed into a family-centered American ethnic community. Zhao pays special attention to forces both inside and outside of the country in order to explain these changing demographics. Careful attention is paid to evolving gender roles, since women constituted the majority of newcomers, significantly changing the sex ratio of the Chinese American population.

In defining the political circumstances that brought the Chinese together as a cohesive political body, Zhao delves into the complexities they faced when questioning their personal national allegiances during World War II and the Communist takeover of mainland China. Remaking Chinese America uses a wealth of primary sources, including oral histories, newspapers, genealogical documents, and immigration files to illuminate what it was like to be Chinese living in the United States during a period that-until now-has been little studied.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Rutgers University Press (January 20, 2002)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0813530113
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0813530116
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.7 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
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I think this book is great and gives a completely different perspective of the Chinese immigration experience. It was easy to immerse myself into the personal stories and made learning the information much clearer.
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I never knew how difficult things were for so many of the women of my mother's generation coming to live in America with husbands they barely knew as war brides.
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