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The transnational history of a Chinese family [electronic resource] : immigrant letters, family business, and reverse migration / Haiming Liu.

By: Liu, Haiming, 1953-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2005Description: 257 p. [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Chang family | Chinese Americans -- California -- Biography | California -- Emigration and immigration -- History | China -- Emigration and immigration -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 304.8/73051/0922 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Origins of the Chang family -- Yitang as a merchant immigrant -- Herbal medicine as a transplanted culture -- Between troubled home and racist America -- Asparagus farming as family business -- Education as a family agenda -- China as a cultural home.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-247) and index.

Origins of the Chang family -- Yitang as a merchant immigrant -- Herbal medicine as a transplanted culture -- Between troubled home and racist America -- Asparagus farming as family business -- Education as a family agenda -- China as a cultural home.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.