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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
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Must read scholarly engaging history with compelling narrativeof particular people interest to all asian american
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When we talk about minorities in us chinese americans are seldom considered as one of them
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They struggled treated unfairly discriminated prejudiced and they are still fighting for their freedom and happiness that needs to be recognized
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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
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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
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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
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There is no doubt of changs bias
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Whether or not this detracts from her credibilty as a writer is up to you