Chinese American Literature since the 1850s (Asian American Experience)
Contributors: Roger Daniels (Foreword)
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: February 27, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780252073489
Subjects: American studies; Literary studies: general; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; China; USA; American - Asian American; Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies; Anthropology - Cultural; Asia - India & South Asia; 19th century; 20th century; American literature; Chinese American authors; History and criticism
First sentence: The writing of early Chinese immigrants is a record of plea and protest-a plea for tolerance and a protest against mistreatment and discrimination.