Provides a look at the experiences of Chinese immigrants, relating stories of their journey to America and their integration into a new society
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Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler have published more than 50 books for children and young adults. Their works have been honored by the Library of Congress, the New York Public Library, the National Council for the Social Studies, and the Society for School Librarians International. The live in New York City.
Grade 5 Up-This sourcebook on the Chinese immigrant experience is divided into six topics: the homeland, the voyage to America, arrival in America, first-generation life, the integration of successing generations, and Chinese Americans today. The authors introduce each chapter with a summary essay, then let the immigrants and their descendents speak for themselves in excerpts from oral reminiscences, written histories, and fiction spanning the years from the Gold Rush to the 1980s. Period photographs and drawings, maps, and sidebars enhance the text. The result resembles a well-organized, handsomely designed scrapbook. Many of the sidebars are devoted to famous Chinese Americans, from Anna May Wong to An Wang and Yo-Yo Ma. While the Hooblers are forthright in their description of the discrimination against Chinese Americans, past and present, they do not depict helpless victims, but vibrant and passionate human beings, devoted to their ancient civilization while trying to make their way in an alien and often hostile new world. Because it offers original source material, this title will complement and update Milton Meltzer's well-written The Chinese Americans (Crowell, 1980). A valuable resource for studies of immigration in general, and the Chinese Americans in particular.
Margaret A. Chang, North Adams State College, MA
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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