Overview
The most extraordinary family you've never heard of. Born to Chinese immigrant parents, the Moy siblings grew up in an America that questioned their citizenship and denied their equality. Sophisticated and self-consciously modern, they challenged limitations and stereotypes in the United States and sought new opportunities in China's tumultuous republic. Sometimes the risks they took paid off, but their occasional recklessness also led to infidelity, divorce, bankruptcy, and worse. Those in China faced pressure to collaborate with Japanese occupiers, making choices that had serious consequences for their siblings in the United States. Charlotte Brooks's gripping tale follows the family back and forth across the Pacific and through two world wars, China's Nationalist and Communist revolutions, and the Cold War—events that the siblings and their spouses helped shape. The Moys' incredible story offers a kaleidoscopic view of an entire generation's struggle for acceptance and belonging.
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Author: Charlotte Brooks
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
ISBN: 9780520409552
ISBN 10: 0520409558
Pages: 392
Publication Date: 10 March 2026
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Format: Hardback
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Table of Contents
Contents Editor's Note Foreword by Helen Zia Moy Family Tree Moy Family and World Events Timeline Prologue Part One: Family 1. Kay, New York, 1910–1911 2. Ernest, New York, 1910–1914 3. Alice, New York, 1914–1918 4. Kay and Ming Tai, New York and Glen Ridge, 1918–1919 5. Ernest, Chicago and New York, 1915–1922 6. Alice, New York, 1920–1924 7. Kay and Ming Tai, New York, 1924–1927 8. Ernest and Ruth, New York and Shanghai, 1925–1928 9. Alice and K.S., Shanghai, 1925–1929 10. Kay and Ming Tai, New York, 1928–1929 11. Ernest and Ruth, New York and Shanghai, 1928–1930 12. Alice, Shanghai, Honolulu, and New York, 1930 Part Two: War 13. Kay and Ming Tai, Glen Ridge and Newark, 1930–1932 14. Ernest and Ruth, Shanghai, 1931–1932 15. Alice and Alfred, Shanghai, 1932–1934 16. Kay and Ming Tai, Newark and New York, 1933–1934 17. Ernest and Ruth, Shanghai and New York, 1933–1934 18. Alice and Alfred, Shanghai, 1934–1936 19. Kay and Ming Tai, New York, 1935–1937 20. Ernest and Ruth, Shanghai, 1937 21. Alice and Alfred, Shanghai and New York, 1937 22. Kay and Ming Tai, New York, 1937–1939 23. Ernest and Ruth, New York and Shanghai, 1937–1938 24. Alice and Alfred, New York and Shanghai, 1937–1938 25. Kay and Ming Tai, New York, 1939–1940 26. Ernest and Ruth, Shanghai and Hong Kong, 1939–1941 27. Alice and Alfred, Shanghai, 1940–1941 28. Kay and Ming Tai, New York, 1941–1943 29. Ernest and Ruth, China, 1942–1943 30. Alice and Alfred, Shanghai, 1942–1943 31. Kay and Ming Tai, New York, 1943–1944 32. Ernest and Ruth, Chongqing, Kunming, and Shanghai 1943–1945 33. Alice and Alfred, Shanghai, 1944–1945 34. Kay and Ming Tai, New York, 1944–1945 35. Ernest and Ruth, Kunming and Shanghai, 1945 36. Alice and Alfred, Shanghai, 1945 Part Three: Revolution 37. Kay and Ming Tai, New York, 1945–1947 38. Ernest and Ruth, Shanghai, 1945–1949 39. Alice and Alfred, Shanghai and New York, 1946–1949 40. Kay and Ming Tai, New York, 1949–1950 41. Ernest, Hong Kong and New York, 1950–1953 42. Alice and Alfred, San Francisco and New York, 1952–1955 43. Kay, Ming Tai, and Ernest, New York and Taipei, 1955–1958 44. Siblings, San Francisco, New York, Taipei, and Hong Kong, 1958–1961 Epilogue Acknowledgments Abbreviations for Frequently Used Sources Notes Note on Methodology and Sources Index
Reviews
“[Brooks] structures the history in snappy chapters, most only a few pages long, each focusing on a year or two in the life of one family member or another. The result is a soap opera in the best sense of the term. . . . A perceptive peek at an upwardly mobile immigrant family.” * Kirkus Reviews *
Author Information
Charlotte Brooks is Professor of History at Baruch College and the CUNY Graduate Center. She is author of American Exodus, Between Mao and McCarthy, and Alien Neighbors, Foreign Friends.
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