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Author Ling, Huping, 1956-

Title Chinese Chicago [electronic resource] : race, transnational migration, and community since 1870 / Huping Ling.

Imprint Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2012.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xviii, 316 p.
Series Asian America
Asian America.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : rethinking Chinese Chicago -- Searching roots of a transnational community -- Locating Chinatown, 1870s-1910s -- Operating transnational businesses, 1880s-1930s -- Living transnational lives, 1880s-1930s -- Bridging the two worlds : community organizations, 1870s-1945 -- Connecting the two worlds : Chinese students and intellectuals, 1920s-2010s -- Diverging and converging transnational communities, 1945-2010s -- Epilogue : the "hollow center phenomenon" and the future of transnational migration.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Chinese Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century.
Chinese Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.
Transnationalism.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 1875-
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780804775588 (cloth alk. paper)
9780804775595 (pbk. alk. paper)
9780804783361 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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