Chinese America: History and Perspectives articles from January 1 2006

Chinese America: History and Perspectives archives from January 1 2006

Introduction.(issue contents)
January 1, 2006... The six essays included in the 2006 issue of Chinese America: History and Perspectives reflect the diversity in the Chinese American community. The first two essays, by Katharine Ng and John C. Chen, respectively, examine the experiences of two...

Fitting in space: Rose Hum Lee's negotiation of assimilation and citizenship in America.(Biography)
January 1, 2006... THE PAGES OF HISTORY: FILLING IN THE GAPS In commenting on his own research in Chinese American history, Him Mark Lai, an important contributor to Asian American history said, "in spite of all the new areas that had been probed, there are...

Getting out, left behind: the life of a stranded Chinese scholar and her daughter.(Li Yourong and Yiling Yourong)(Biography)
January 1, 2006... When the Communists took control of the Chinese mainland in 1949, there were approximately five thousand Chinese students studying in universities in the United States. Since all of them had left China while it was under the control of the...

Ringbarkers (1) and market gardeners: a comparison of the rural Chinese of New South Wales and California.
January 1, 2006... In writing about the experience of the rural Chinese in southern and western New South Wales (NSW), Australia, I am treading largely upon new ground. I seek to discuss primarily the Australian experience and also to begin to compare and...

Historical notes on Chinese restaurants in Portland, Maine.
January 1, 2006... According to the 2000 Census, Maine was the "whitest" state in the country. (1) While Portland, Maine's largest city is somewhat more multiethnic than Maine as a whole, it is not thought of as having had a historic Chinese community. However,...

Mounting "Gold Mountain": examining the exhibitions of Chinese American museums.(evaluating exhibits at Chinese Historical Society of America in San Francisco, the Museum of Chinese in the Americas in New York City, and the Chinese American Museum (CAM) in Los Angeles)
January 1, 2006... In the second reign year of Haamfung [1852], a trip to Gold Mountain was made. With a pillow on my shoulder, I began my perilous journey Sailing a boat with bamboo poles across the seas Leaving behind wife and sisters in search of money. ...

My heart is open.(Chinese Americans travel to China to explore their roots)(Travel narrative)
January 1, 2006... Chinese elders cluck their tongues at me and say, "Keuih mhsik gong" (She can't speak). Perhaps it is a blessing that I cannot understand all the other harsh, negative judgments they are sharing with one another. Those three words are enough....