Chinese Chicago: Race, Transnational Migration, and Community Since 1870

by Huping Ling

Book Overview

The first comprehensive, comparative and interpretive history of a highly important historical settlement of Chinese / Chinese Americans in the U.S., Chinese Chicago focuses on three crucial issues that define the Chinese in Chicago: race, transnational migration, and community, and investigates significant historical developments from the arrival of the three Moy brothers in the 1870s to the present "tripartite" communities.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804775591
• ISBN13: 9780804775595
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"