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Quality


There is no doubt that changs prose makes the book not only easy to read but also incredibly easy to grasp a quality which mak...  Read More


The book begins around the railroad era and ends with the wen ho lee scandal


With the many from so many other foreign countries this offer a brief but insightful history specifically about the chinese in america


Changs book ended with an uncertain outlook for chineseamericans especially with the loyalty in dr wen ho lee case despite the ...  Read More

Competitiveness


I thought it was so interesting when chang wrote that immigrants from taiwan in the 60s werent fazed by white people being raci...  Read More


But overall a great read and much more interesting than sludging through a stale history textbook


Many of thesse later immigrants were not peasants

Overview

  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    chinese, american, many and good.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has determined that the review content quality is high and informative.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 126 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 22 2020.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Must read scholarly engaging history with compelling narrativeof particular people interest to all asian american


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    When we talk about minorities in us chinese americans are seldom considered as one of them


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    They struggled treated unfairly discriminated prejudiced and they are still fighting for their freedom and happiness that needs to be recognized


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    While the chinese are admired for their hard work ethic and their entrepuenuership they are also consistently chastised as being outsiders and have at times become convienient scapegoats at the whims of the frustrations of the larger american public


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Chang seeks to illustrate this dynamic with a variety of historical examples from the days of the california gold rush to the recent wen ho lee affair


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The wen ho lee case in particular is a sobering reminder that the image of the accepted model minority is very easily retracted especially when it comes at the conviencience of people like rep


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    There is no doubt of changs bias


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Whether or not this detracts from her credibilty as a writer is up to you

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