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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 973.0495 EAN: 9780805784374 Edition: 1 ISBN: 0805784373 Label: Twayne Publishers Manufacturer: Twayne Publishers Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 240 Publication Date: January 01, 1991 Publisher: Twayne Publishers Studio: Twayne Publishers Related Items:
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 Rating:  - difficult experiences for over a centuryNot a casual read. Chan describes well over a hundred years of Asians emigrating to and growing up in the United States. Many of the pages describe years of backbreaking toil, especially in the California goldfields, and in the building of the transcontinental railroads. Exacerbated by periodic bouts of discrimination by the European settlers and immigrants. In a relatively short book, the account cannot be comprehensive. Complexity is added, due to the different nationalities of Asians ... Read More Rating:  - Excellent ReferenceThis book give a little overview of a multitude of topics, nothing indepth, but rather a 'light read'. Rating: - Excellent general resourceSucheng Chan offers a statistic-rich, informative history of Asian-Americans, from their first immigration to current issues of As-Ams as "model minorities". I definitely prefer Chan's style to Takaki's quote-heavy, anecdotal approach; she is both thorough and concise. 
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