Claiming America: Constructing Chinese American Identities During the Exclusion Era
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Claiming America: Constructing Chinese American Identities During the Exclusion Era
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A collection of essays that center on the formation of an ethnic identity among Chinese Americans during the period when immigration was halted. It emphasizes the attempts by immigrant Chinese to assert their intention of becoming Americans and to defend the few rights they had as resident aliens.
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