Chinese America: History and Perspectives articles from January 1 2003

Chinese America: History and Perspectives archives from January 1 2003

Introduction.
January 1, 2003... This year's edition of Chinese America: History and Perspectives contains articles that revolve around the theme of discrimination and resistance. Together they demonstrate that while the Chinese in the United States suffered deep-seated racial...

Comparing the voting participation of Chinese to other Asian Americans in recent U.S. elections.
January 1, 2003... Contrary to a public image of political docility and complacency, Chinese Americans have a long history of participation in American politics. (1) In addition to formal participation in elections, they have participated through indirect means...

"We gave workers a sense of dignity": an interview with Ah Quon McElrath, union social worker.
January 1, 2003... Interviewer's Note: It was 1982 and I was in Honolulu, Hawai'i, conducting research for a traveling exhibit and book on the history of Chinese American women. People at the Hawai'i Chinese History Center had said to be sure to interview Ah Quon...

Anglo-Saxonizing machines: Exclusion America, White Australia.
January 1, 2003... In 1887, Hawai'i was described as an "Anglo-Saxonizing machine," comparable on a smaller scale to the United States as a "converter of all sorts of men into ultimate Englishmen." However, the same source noted, the "Chinese element seems......

The anti-Chinese riot in Tonopah, Nevada, 1903.
January 1, 2003... The anti-Chinese riot in Tonopah, Nevada, (1) in 1903 was just one of many examples of how the Chinese were unable to obtain legal remedies for criminal acts committed against them. The case is interesting not only because of its coverage in...

The 1903 anti-Chinese riot in Tonopah, Nevada, from a Chinese perspective: two letters published in the Chung Sai Yat Po.
January 1, 2003... Translator's Note: These two documents were written by the Tonopah Chinese community and the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA), (1) respectively. They were originally published in the San Francisco Chinese newspaper Chung Sai...

From victims to victors; A Chinese contribution to American law: Yick Wo versus Hopkins.
January 1, 2003... After the American Civil War, fought from 1861 to 1865 largely over the enslavement of black persons, the United States added three amendments to the Constitution. (1) The Thirteenth Amendment, ratified in 1865, abolished slavery; the...

Struggle for identity in the most Southern place on Earth: The Chinese in the Mississippi Delta.
January 1, 2003... The Mississippi Delta, an alluvial plain flanked by the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers in the northwest corner of the state, has been described by historian James Cobb as "the most Southern place on Earth." (1) It offers stark contrasts. Because...