Chinese Chicago : race, transnational migration, and community since 1870 / Huping Ling.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Asian America.
Main Author: Ling, Huping, 1956- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2012], ©2012.
Series:Asian America.
Subjects:
Chinese Americans > Illinois > Chicago > History > 19th century.
Chinese Americans > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century.
Transnationalism.
Chicago (Ill.) > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Chicago (Ill.) > History > 1875-
Physical Description:xviii, 316 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction : rethinking Chinese Chicago
  • Searching roots of a transnational community
  • Locating Chinatown, 1870s-1910s
  • Operating transnational businesses, 1880s-1930s
  • Living transnational lives, 1880s-1930s
  • Bridging the two worlds : community organizations, 1870s-1945
  • Connecting the two worlds : Chinese students and intellectuals, 1920s-2010s
  • Diverging and converging transnational communities, 1945-2010s
  • Epilogue : the "hollow center phenomenon" and the future of transnational migration.