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"""Chen's groundbreaking examination of the birth of a Chinese American identity is rich in detail and provides a vivid picture of the difficult historical circumstances that Chinese immigrants faced and the creative ways they fought for their rights in a strange land that eventually would become their home. This book is certain to become a classic in its field.""--Asian Affairs ""Offers a fascinating portrait of Chinese America.""--The Historian ""Once I started reading this book, I could not put it down. Shehong Chen has accurately portrayed the dynamics of the factors involved in the transformation of the Chinese American identity.""--Sue Fawn Chung, author of Chinese in the Woods Logging and Lumbering in the American West"

Chen's groundbreaking examination of the birth of a Chinese American identity is rich in detail and provides a vivid picture of the difficult historical circumstances that Chinese immigrants faced and the creative ways they fought for their rights in a strange land that eventually would become their home. This book is certain to become a classic in its field. --Asian Affairs Offers a fascinating portrait of Chinese America. --The Historian Once I started reading this book, I could not put it down. Shehong Chen has accurately portrayed the dynamics of the factors involved in the transformation of the Chinese American identity. --Sue Fawn Chung, author of Chinese in the Woods Logging and Lumbering in the American West

""Chen's groundbreaking examination of the birth of a Chinese American identity is rich in detail and provides a vivid picture of the difficult historical circumstances that Chinese immigrants faced and the creative ways they fought for their rights in a strange land that eventually would become their home. This book is certain to become a classic in its field.""--Asian Affairs ""Offers a fascinating portrait of Chinese America.""--The Historian ""Once I started reading this book, I could not put it down. Shehong Chen has accurately portrayed the dynamics of the factors involved in the transformation of the Chinese American identity.""--Sue Fawn Chung, author of Chinese in the Woods Logging and Lumbering in the American West

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Shehong Chen is an associate professor of history at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.

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