Chinese on the American Frontier (Pacific Formations: Global Relations in Asian and Pacific Perspectives)

Dirlik, Arif; Yeung, Malcolm; Anderson, Grant K. [Contributor]; Barsness, Larry [Contributor]; Chan, Loren B. [Contributor]; Conley, Don C. [Contributor]; Dirlik, Arif [Contributor]; Edson, Christopher [Contributor]; Alfreda Elsensohn, Sister M. [Contributor]; Feichter, Nancy K. [Contributor]; Flaherty, Stacy A. [Contributor]; Fong, Lawrence Michael [Contributor]; Gardner, A Dudley [Contributor]; Liestman, Daniel [Contributor]; Lister, Florence C. [Contributor]; Lister, Robert H. [Contributor]; Magnaghi, Russell M. [Contributor]; Owens, Kenneth [Contributor]; M. Rhoads, Edward J. [Contributor]; Rohe, Randall E. [Contributor]; Rudolph, Gerald E. [Contributor]; Saxton, Alexander [Contributor]; Stratton, David H. [Contributor]; Sulentic, Joe [

ISBN 10: 0847685322 / ISBN 13: 9780847685325

Published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2001

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Scarce publication. Ex-library; usual treatments. Nice dust jacket and cover. Interior pages are clean throughout. Binding is secure.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Chinese on the American Frontier (Pacific Formations: Global Relations in Asian and Pacific Perspectives)
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0847685322
• ISBN 13: 9780847685325
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 36 ounces

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Synopsis

Chinese immigrants played a dynamic role in frontier America, yet scholars of Asian America have focused for the most part only on the Pacific Coast, especially California. This reader fills that gap by collecting memoirs, documents, and historical analyses from the other Western states-from the Cascades to the Great Plains-to provide a comprehensive overview of the Chinese in nineteenth-century America. Selecting among a wealth of primary and secondary material, Dirlik has chosen works that enlarge our understanding of the Chinese presence in the West and the development of Chinese cultural formations on the frontier. Providing insights not only into frontier society in the United States, but also into U.S.-Chinese relations of the time, this volume will be invaluable for all readers interested in China, Western history, and the history of Asian America.

About the Author

Mark Twain was a humorist, satirist, lecturer and writer. Twain is most noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which has since been called the Great American Novel, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. During his lifetime, Twain became a friend to presidents, artists, leading industrialists and European royalty.