Chinese American Voices
Subtitle: From the Gold Rush to the Present
Contributors: Judy Yung (Editor); Gordon Chang (Editor); Him Mark Lai (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: March 20, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 486
ISBN-13: 9780520243101
Subjects: Ethnic studies; History of specific racial & ethnic groups; Social History; Sociology; Ethnic Studies - General; Chinese Americans; United States - General; History; Ethnic Issues; History: World; USA; General; Ethnic Studies - Asian American Studies; History / General; Asia - General; Sources
First sentence: The first Chinese to immigrate to the United States in the mid-nineteenth century came principally from the Pearl River Delta of Guangdong Province in sountheastern China.