| Chinese on the American Frontier Contributor(s): Dirlik, Arif (Author), Yeung, Malcolm (Author), Anderson, Grant K. (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0847685330 ISBN-13: 9780847685332 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $79.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2003 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century - Social Science | Minority Studies |
| Dewey: 973.049 |
| Series: Pacific Formations: Global Relations in Asian and Pacific Pe |
| Physical Information: 1.21" H x 6" W x 9" (1.74 lbs) 544 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Chinese immigrants played a dynamic role in frontier America, yet scholars of Asian America have focused for the most part only on the Pacific Coast, especially California. This reader fills that gap by collecting memoirs, documents, and historical analyses from the other Western states-from the Cascades to the Great Plains-to provide a comprehensive overview of the Chinese in nineteenth-century America. Selecting among a wealth of primary and secondary material, Dirlik has chosen works that enlarge our understanding of the Chinese presence in the West and the development of Chinese cultural formations on the frontier. Providing insights not only into frontier society in the United States, but also into U.S.-Chinese relations of the time, this volume will be invaluable for all readers interested in China, Western history, and the history of Asian America. |