Jonathan H. X. Lee is associate professor of Asian American studies at San Francisco State University.

[T]he work will be valued for its specific focus on Chinese Americans as opposed to Asian Americans in general. . . . Summing Up: Recommended. Beginning students, general readers.

• PrefaceChronology of Chinese American History Part IContext of Chinese American Emigration: Coming to AmericaHistorical OverviewAlien Land Law (1913)American Federation of LaborAngel Island Immigration StationAngell Treaty (Chinese Exclusion Treaty) (1880)Anti-Chinese ViolenceAnti-Miscegenation LawsBachelor SocietyBemis, Polly (1853–1933)Bing Kung TongBowl of Rice MovementBoxer Indemnity Fellowship (Boxer Rebellion) (1900)Burlingame Treaty (1868)CantoneseChee Kung TongChin, Vincent Jen (1955–1982)China War Relief AssociationChinese American Birth RatesChinese American Population TrendsChinese and Cuba's Ten Years' War (1868–1878)Chinese CambodiansChinese Canadian HistoryChinese Exclusion Act (1882)Chinese Immigration During the Gold RushChinese Immigration to CanadaChinese Immigration to MexicoChinese Immigration to South AmericaChinese in CubaChinese in Hawai'iChinese in PeruChinese in the Mississippi DeltaChinese in the U.S. Civil WarChinese VietnameseChinese Women and the Chinese Exclusion ActCuba Commission Report, TheDollar Diplomacy in ChinaHip Sing Tong (Xiesheng Tang)Hong KongHongmenHop Sing Tong (Hesheng Tang)Huiguan (The Chinese Six Companies)International Context of Chinese Immigration to America, to 1870Locke, CaliforniaOpium Wars (1840 and 1856)Page Law (1875)Paper Sons and DaughtersQueue Ordinance (1876)Rape of NanjingRefugee-Escapee Act (1957)Refugee Relief Act (1953)Samyap and SzeyapSan Francisco Earthquake (1906)Scott Act (1888)Sino-Japanese War (1894)Sino-U.S. RelationsTaiping RebellionTaiwanTaiwanese Immigration HistoryWar Brides Act (1946)World War IWorld War IIWorld War II in the PacificYung Wing (1828–1912) Part IIPolitical Activity and Economic Life: Business Endeavors and Involvement in American PoliticsHistorical OverviewBoggs, Grace Lee (1915–2015)Chennault, Anna (1925–)Chiang Kai-shek, Madame (Soong Meiling) (1898–2003)Chinatown Gangs in the United StatesChinese American ActivismChinese American Citizens AllianceChinese Americans and Civil RightsChinese Consolidated Benevolent AssociationChinese Family AssociationsChinese Fisheries in CaliforniaChinese Grocery StoresChinese Hand Laundry AllianceChinese Hospital, San FranciscoChinese-Language Newspapers in AmericaChinese LaundriesChinese Restaurants in the United StatesChu, Judy (1953–)Contract Laborers (Credit-Ticket Laborers)Coolie TradeEu, March Fong (1922–)Flying TigersFong, Hiram Leong (1906–2004)Gold RushGong Lum v. Rice (1927)International Ladies' Garment Workers' UnionLee, Wen-Ho (1939–)Locke, Gary Faye (1950–)Low, Evan (1983–)McCarthyismPeople v. Hall (1854)Secret SocietiesSun Yat-sen (1866–1925)Taiwanese AmericansTranscontinental RailroadWu Tingfang (1842–1922) Part IIICultural and Religious Life: People, Institutions, and OrganizationsHistorical OverviewBok Kai and Bok Kai TempleChinatown Ghost StoriesChinese Christians in AmericaChinese FoodsChinese GenealogyChinese Immigrant CemeteriesChinese-Language SchoolsChinese MedicineChinese OperasChinese Temples in AmericaChing Chung Taoist Association of AmericaConfucianismDaoismDying and Death RitualsFalun Dafa/Falun GongFengshui/GeomancyFirst Chinese Baptist Church, San FranciscoGuanyinHong Fook TongLunar New YearNarcissus Festival and Queen Pageant (Honolulu)ReligionsTaiwanese American Heritage WeekTaiwanese American ReligionsTaiwanese Food in AmericaWatchman Nee (1903–1972) and Witness Lee (1905–1997)Yee, James J. (ca. 1968–) Part IVLiterature, the Arts, Popular Culture, and Sports: People, Movements, and Expressions of IdentityHistorical OverviewAdrian, Nathan Ghar Jun (1988–)Chang, Apana (1871–1933)Chang, Michael Te-Pei (1972–)Chin, Frank Jianxiu (1940–)Chinese American BaseballChinese American Hip-HopChinese American JazzChinese American LiteratureChinese Americans and LGBTQQIChinese Americans in Motion PicturesChinese Americans in SportsChinese Martial ArtsChinese Nightclubs (1920s–1940s)Chow, Norm Yew Heen (1946–)Dong, Arthur (1953–)Fa Mu LanFolklore in Children's LiteratureFu Manchu and Charlie ChanHuang, Eddie (1982–)Hwang, David Henry (1957–)Kwan, Michelle Wing Shan (1980–)Lam, Wifredo (1902–1982)Lee, Ang (1954–)Lee, Bruce (1940–1973)Lee, C. Y. (1917–), and Flower Drum SongLin, Jeremy (1988–)Liu, Lucy (1968–)Ma, Yo-Yo (1955–)Miss Chinatown USA PageantModel MinorityNg Poon Chew (1867–1931)Ngor, Haing S. (1940–1996)Pei, I. M. (Ieoh Ming) (1917–)Tam, Vivienne (1957–)Wang, Vera (1949–)Wang, Wayne (1949–)Wong Chin Foo (1847–1898)Wong, Jade Snow (1922–2006)Wong, Shawn (1949–)Wu, Daniel (1974–)Yep, Laurence Michael (1948–)Yew, Chay (1965–) Primary Documents Bibliography List of Contributors About the Editor Index

Jonathan H. X. Lee is associate professor of Asian American studies at San Francisco State University.

[T]he work will be valued for its specific focus on Chinese Americans as opposed to Asian Americans in general. . . . Summing Up: Recommended. Beginning students, general readers.

• PrefaceChronology of Chinese American History Part IContext of Chinese American Emigration: Coming to AmericaHistorical OverviewAlien Land Law (1913)American Federation of LaborAngel Island Immigration StationAngell Treaty (Chinese Exclusion Treaty) (1880)Anti-Chinese ViolenceAnti-Miscegenation LawsBachelor SocietyBemis, Polly (1853–1933)Bing Kung TongBowl of Rice MovementBoxer Indemnity Fellowship (Boxer Rebellion) (1900)Burlingame Treaty (1868)CantoneseChee Kung TongChin, Vincent Jen (1955–1982)China War Relief AssociationChinese American Birth RatesChinese American Population TrendsChinese and Cuba's Ten Years' War (1868–1878)Chinese CambodiansChinese Canadian HistoryChinese Exclusion Act (1882)Chinese Immigration During the Gold RushChinese Immigration to CanadaChinese Immigration to MexicoChinese Immigration to South AmericaChinese in CubaChinese in Hawai'iChinese in PeruChinese in the Mississippi DeltaChinese in the U.S. Civil WarChinese VietnameseChinese Women and the Chinese Exclusion ActCuba Commission Report, TheDollar Diplomacy in ChinaHip Sing Tong (Xiesheng Tang)Hong KongHongmenHop Sing Tong (Hesheng Tang)Huiguan (The Chinese Six Companies)International Context of Chinese Immigration to America, to 1870Locke, CaliforniaOpium Wars (1840 and 1856)Page Law (1875)Paper Sons and DaughtersQueue Ordinance (1876)Rape of NanjingRefugee-Escapee Act (1957)Refugee Relief Act (1953)Samyap and SzeyapSan Francisco Earthquake (1906)Scott Act (1888)Sino-Japanese War (1894)Sino-U.S. RelationsTaiping RebellionTaiwanTaiwanese Immigration HistoryWar Brides Act (1946)World War IWorld War IIWorld War II in the PacificYung Wing (1828–1912) Part IIPolitical Activity and Economic Life: Business Endeavors and Involvement in American PoliticsHistorical OverviewBoggs, Grace Lee (1915–2015)Chennault, Anna (1925–)Chiang Kai-shek, Madame (Soong Meiling) (1898–2003)Chinatown Gangs in the United StatesChinese American ActivismChinese American Citizens AllianceChinese Americans and Civil RightsChinese Consolidated Benevolent AssociationChinese Family AssociationsChinese Fisheries in CaliforniaChinese Grocery StoresChinese Hand Laundry AllianceChinese Hospital, San FranciscoChinese-Language Newspapers in AmericaChinese LaundriesChinese Restaurants in the United StatesChu, Judy (1953–)Contract Laborers (Credit-Ticket Laborers)Coolie TradeEu, March Fong (1922–)Flying TigersFong, Hiram Leong (1906–2004)Gold RushGong Lum v. Rice (1927)International Ladies' Garment Workers' UnionLee, Wen-Ho (1939–)Locke, Gary Faye (1950–)Low, Evan (1983–)McCarthyismPeople v. Hall (1854)Secret SocietiesSun Yat-sen (1866–1925)Taiwanese AmericansTranscontinental RailroadWu Tingfang (1842–1922) Part IIICultural and Religious Life: People, Institutions, and OrganizationsHistorical OverviewBok Kai and Bok Kai TempleChinatown Ghost StoriesChinese Christians in AmericaChinese FoodsChinese GenealogyChinese Immigrant CemeteriesChinese-Language SchoolsChinese MedicineChinese OperasChinese Temples in AmericaChing Chung Taoist Association of AmericaConfucianismDaoismDying and Death RitualsFalun Dafa/Falun GongFengshui/GeomancyFirst Chinese Baptist Church, San FranciscoGuanyinHong Fook TongLunar New YearNarcissus Festival and Queen Pageant (Honolulu)ReligionsTaiwanese American Heritage WeekTaiwanese American ReligionsTaiwanese Food in AmericaWatchman Nee (1903–1972) and Witness Lee (1905–1997)Yee, James J. (ca. 1968–) Part IVLiterature, the Arts, Popular Culture, and Sports: People, Movements, and Expressions of IdentityHistorical OverviewAdrian, Nathan Ghar Jun (1988–)Chang, Apana (1871–1933)Chang, Michael Te-Pei (1972–)Chin, Frank Jianxiu (1940–)Chinese American BaseballChinese American Hip-HopChinese American JazzChinese American LiteratureChinese Americans and LGBTQQIChinese Americans in Motion PicturesChinese Americans in SportsChinese Martial ArtsChinese Nightclubs (1920s–1940s)Chow, Norm Yew Heen (1946–)Dong, Arthur (1953–)Fa Mu LanFolklore in Children's LiteratureFu Manchu and Charlie ChanHuang, Eddie (1982–)Hwang, David Henry (1957–)Kwan, Michelle Wing Shan (1980–)Lam, Wifredo (1902–1982)Lee, Ang (1954–)Lee, Bruce (1940–1973)Lee, C. Y. (1917–), and Flower Drum SongLin, Jeremy (1988–)Liu, Lucy (1968–)Ma, Yo-Yo (1955–)Miss Chinatown USA PageantModel MinorityNg Poon Chew (1867–1931)Ngor, Haing S. (1940–1996)Pei, I. M. (Ieoh Ming) (1917–)Tam, Vivienne (1957–)Wang, Vera (1949–)Wang, Wayne (1949–)Wong Chin Foo (1847–1898)Wong, Jade Snow (1922–2006)Wong, Shawn (1949–)Wu, Daniel (1974–)Yep, Laurence Michael (1948–)Yew, Chay (1965–) Primary Documents Bibliography List of Contributors About the Editor Index

Jonathan H. X. Lee is associate professor of Asian American studies at San Francisco State University.

[T]he work will be valued for its specific focus on Chinese Americans as opposed to Asian Americans in general. . . . Summing Up: Recommended. Beginning students, general readers.

• PrefaceChronology of Chinese American History Part IContext of Chinese American Emigration: Coming to AmericaHistorical OverviewAlien Land Law (1913)American Federation of LaborAngel Island Immigration StationAngell Treaty (Chinese Exclusion Treaty) (1880)Anti-Chinese ViolenceAnti-Miscegenation LawsBachelor SocietyBemis, Polly (1853–1933)Bing Kung TongBowl of Rice MovementBoxer Indemnity Fellowship (Boxer Rebellion) (1900)Burlingame Treaty (1868)CantoneseChee Kung TongChin, Vincent Jen (1955–1982)China War Relief AssociationChinese American Birth RatesChinese American Population TrendsChinese and Cuba's Ten Years' War (1868–1878)Chinese CambodiansChinese Canadian HistoryChinese Exclusion Act (1882)Chinese Immigration During the Gold RushChinese Immigration to CanadaChinese Immigration to MexicoChinese Immigration to South AmericaChinese in CubaChinese in Hawai'iChinese in PeruChinese in the Mississippi DeltaChinese in the U.S. Civil WarChinese VietnameseChinese Women and the Chinese Exclusion ActCuba Commission Report, TheDollar Diplomacy in ChinaHip Sing Tong (Xiesheng Tang)Hong KongHongmenHop Sing Tong (Hesheng Tang)Huiguan (The Chinese Six Companies)International Context of Chinese Immigration to America, to 1870Locke, CaliforniaOpium Wars (1840 and 1856)Page Law (1875)Paper Sons and DaughtersQueue Ordinance (1876)Rape of NanjingRefugee-Escapee Act (1957)Refugee Relief Act (1953)Samyap and SzeyapSan Francisco Earthquake (1906)Scott Act (1888)Sino-Japanese War (1894)Sino-U.S. RelationsTaiping RebellionTaiwanTaiwanese Immigration HistoryWar Brides Act (1946)World War IWorld War IIWorld War II in the PacificYung Wing (1828–1912) Part IIPolitical Activity and Economic Life: Business Endeavors and Involvement in American PoliticsHistorical OverviewBoggs, Grace Lee (1915–2015)Chennault, Anna (1925–)Chiang Kai-shek, Madame (Soong Meiling) (1898–2003)Chinatown Gangs in the United StatesChinese American ActivismChinese American Citizens AllianceChinese Americans and Civil RightsChinese Consolidated Benevolent AssociationChinese Family AssociationsChinese Fisheries in CaliforniaChinese Grocery StoresChinese Hand Laundry AllianceChinese Hospital, San FranciscoChinese-Language Newspapers in AmericaChinese LaundriesChinese Restaurants in the United StatesChu, Judy (1953–)Contract Laborers (Credit-Ticket Laborers)Coolie TradeEu, March Fong (1922–)Flying TigersFong, Hiram Leong (1906–2004)Gold RushGong Lum v. Rice (1927)International Ladies' Garment Workers' UnionLee, Wen-Ho (1939–)Locke, Gary Faye (1950–)Low, Evan (1983–)McCarthyismPeople v. Hall (1854)Secret SocietiesSun Yat-sen (1866–1925)Taiwanese AmericansTranscontinental RailroadWu Tingfang (1842–1922) Part IIICultural and Religious Life: People, Institutions, and OrganizationsHistorical OverviewBok Kai and Bok Kai TempleChinatown Ghost StoriesChinese Christians in AmericaChinese FoodsChinese GenealogyChinese Immigrant CemeteriesChinese-Language SchoolsChinese MedicineChinese OperasChinese Temples in AmericaChing Chung Taoist Association of AmericaConfucianismDaoismDying and Death RitualsFalun Dafa/Falun GongFengshui/GeomancyFirst Chinese Baptist Church, San FranciscoGuanyinHong Fook TongLunar New YearNarcissus Festival and Queen Pageant (Honolulu)ReligionsTaiwanese American Heritage WeekTaiwanese American ReligionsTaiwanese Food in AmericaWatchman Nee (1903–1972) and Witness Lee (1905–1997)Yee, James J. (ca. 1968–) Part IVLiterature, the Arts, Popular Culture, and Sports: People, Movements, and Expressions of IdentityHistorical OverviewAdrian, Nathan Ghar Jun (1988–)Chang, Apana (1871–1933)Chang, Michael Te-Pei (1972–)Chin, Frank Jianxiu (1940–)Chinese American BaseballChinese American Hip-HopChinese American JazzChinese American LiteratureChinese Americans and LGBTQQIChinese Americans in Motion PicturesChinese Americans in SportsChinese Martial ArtsChinese Nightclubs (1920s–1940s)Chow, Norm Yew Heen (1946–)Dong, Arthur (1953–)Fa Mu LanFolklore in Children's LiteratureFu Manchu and Charlie ChanHuang, Eddie (1982–)Hwang, David Henry (1957–)Kwan, Michelle Wing Shan (1980–)Lam, Wifredo (1902–1982)Lee, Ang (1954–)Lee, Bruce (1940–1973)Lee, C. Y. (1917–), and Flower Drum SongLin, Jeremy (1988–)Liu, Lucy (1968–)Ma, Yo-Yo (1955–)Miss Chinatown USA PageantModel MinorityNg Poon Chew (1867–1931)Ngor, Haing S. (1940–1996)Pei, I. M. (Ieoh Ming) (1917–)Tam, Vivienne (1957–)Wang, Vera (1949–)Wang, Wayne (1949–)Wong Chin Foo (1847–1898)Wong, Jade Snow (1922–2006)Wong, Shawn (1949–)Wu, Daniel (1974–)Yep, Laurence Michael (1948–)Yew, Chay (1965–) Primary Documents Bibliography List of Contributors About the Editor Index