Paper son
Subtitle: one man's story
By: Tung Pok Chin with Winifred C. Chin ; with an introduction by K. Scott Wong.
Contributors: Chin, Winifred C., 1952-
Series: Asian American history and culture
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
Subjects: Chin, Tung Pok, d. 1988; Chinese Americans -- Biography; Immigrants -- United States -- Biography; Illegal aliens -- United States -- Biography; Chinese -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Boston (Mass.) -- Biography; New York (N.Y.) -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: "In this memoir, Tung Pok Chin casts light on the largely hidden experience of those Chinese who immigrated to this country with false documents during the Exclusion era. Although scholars have pieced together their history, first-person accounts are rare and fragmented; many of the so-called "Paper Sons" lived out their lives in silent fear of discovery.

Chin's story speaks for the many Chinese who worked in urban laundries and restaurants, but it also introduces an unusually articulate man's perspective on becoming a Chinese American."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.