The transnational history of a Chinese family : immigrant letters, family business, and reverse migration /

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Author / Creator:Liu, Haiming, 1953-
Imprint:New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2005.
Description:xiii, 257 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5670895
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ISBN:0813535964 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0813535972 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-247) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Romanization
  • Introduction
  • 1. Origins of the Chang Family
  • 2. Yitang as a Merchant Immigrant
  • 3. Herbal Medicine as a Transplanted Culture
  • 4. Between Troubled Home and Racist America
  • 5. Asparagus Farming as a Family Business
  • 6. Education as a Family Agenda
  • 7. China as a Cultural Home
  • Genealogical Chart: The Chang Family Tree
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Selected Bibliography