The Chinese American family album / Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler ; introduction by Bette Bao Lord
Material type:
TextSeries: Hoobler, Dorothy. American family albums ; Description: 128 pages : illustrations, map ; 29 cmISBN: 0195081307; 9780195081305; 019509123X; 9780195091236; 0195091256; 9780195091250; 0195124219; 9780195124217; 0195081269; 9780195081268Subject(s): Chinese Americans -- History -- Juvenile literatureGenre/Form: Juvenile materials | History. | Juvenile works. Additional physical formats: Online version:: Chinese American family album.DDC classification: 973/.04951 LOC classification: E184.C5 | H66 1994
Contents:
Summary: Interviews, excerpts from diaries and letters, newspaper accounts, profiles of famous individuals, and pictures from family albums portray the heartache and joy of the Chinese American experience
The middle kingdom. Images of the homeland ; The decision to leave -- Voyage to America. Getting ready ; Saying good-bye ; Going to America -- Arrival in the land of the flowery flag. A first look at America ; Angel Island ; The poems of Angel Island ; The grilling of a "paper son" ; "Everybody ... had a split personality" -- A new life. The Gold Rush ; Pioneers ; The railroad builders ; "The Chinese must go" -- Putting down roots. The first Chinatown ; Chinatown U.S.A. ; The bachelor society ; Strength through groups ; Family ; The Chinese laundry ; Restaurants ; Ties to the homeland -- Part of America. Sweatshops and high tech ; Making it ; Becoming Americans ; Celebrations ; The Lee family -- Chinese American timeline
| Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Martha's Vineyard High School Library | 973.0495/HOO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844300009525 |
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| 973.04924/HOR The Jews / | 973.0493/NIC The Japanese / | 973.0495/GAT A gathering of voices on the Asian American experience / | 973.0495/HOO The Chinese American family album / | 973.0495/LEE Asian Americans : | 973.04951/CHA The Chinese in America : | 973.04956/JAP The Japanese Americans / |
Includes bibliographical references (page 123) and index
The middle kingdom. Images of the homeland ; The decision to leave -- Voyage to America. Getting ready ; Saying good-bye ; Going to America -- Arrival in the land of the flowery flag. A first look at America ; Angel Island ; The poems of Angel Island ; The grilling of a "paper son" ; "Everybody ... had a split personality" -- A new life. The Gold Rush ; Pioneers ; The railroad builders ; "The Chinese must go" -- Putting down roots. The first Chinatown ; Chinatown U.S.A. ; The bachelor society ; Strength through groups ; Family ; The Chinese laundry ; Restaurants ; Ties to the homeland -- Part of America. Sweatshops and high tech ; Making it ; Becoming Americans ; Celebrations ; The Lee family -- Chinese American timeline
Interviews, excerpts from diaries and letters, newspaper accounts, profiles of famous individuals, and pictures from family albums portray the heartache and joy of the Chinese American experience
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