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Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index
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Roots of a diaspora : Chinese culture and society in the late Qing period -- Travelers to gold mountain : immigration, labor, and exclusion -- Nationalism and Americanization pre-World War II -- New ties and new lives in Cold War America -- Socioeconomic mobility and the ethnic economy -- Political mobilization and empowerment -- The arts and Chinese Americans -- Chinese American families and identities.