Defiant Second Daughter: My First 90 Years - Softcover

Sung, Betty Lee

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1599326108 ISBN 13: 9781599326108

Publisher: Advantage Media Group, 2015

Synopsis

Dr. Betty Lee Sung is a leading authority on the Chinese in America. Her first
book, Mountain of Gold, was a pioneer in its field and laid the foundation for
Asian American Studies at the City College of New York in 1970. She remained
at the college until her retirement in 1992, having advanced to Chair of the
department. In 1994, she completed a database of the Chinese immigrant
records in the New York Region National Archives. In 1996, she was awarded
an honorary doctorate, Doctor of Letters, from the State University of New
York Old Westbury, where she gave the commencement address. She is active
in many organizations and has been honored by the Cosmopolitan Lion’s Club,
the Organization of Chinese Americans, the Asian American Higher Education
Council, the American Library Association, the Chinese Communities in
Houston and Philadelphia, and many others. This is Dr. Sung’s ninth book.

About this edition

• Publisher: Advantage Media Group
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1599326108
• ISBN 13: 9781599326108
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 166