| Contents |
Introduction: Constructing childhood in early Chinatown : image versus reality -- The immigration of Chinese children and the Chinese question -- Recentering the Chinese family in early Chinese American history -- For the family back home : Chinese children at work -- Challenging segregation : Chinese children at school -- Articles of contention : Chinese children in the missions and courts -- Children of the new Chinatown -- Conclusion: Constructing the future. |
| Abstract |
Revealing the untold stories of a pioneer generation of young Chinese Americans, this book places the children and families of early Chinatown in the middle of efforts to combat American policies of exclusion and segregation. --from publisher description |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-283) and index. |
| LCCN | 2009011633 |
| ISBN | 9780807833131 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0807833134 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780807859735 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0807859737 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
