Chinese Americans in the Heartland : : Migration, Work, and Community / / Huping Ling.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English
• VerfasserIn: Ling, Huping,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Asian American Studies Today
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.) :; 20 b&w images, 5 tables

The term “Heartland” in American cultural context conventionally tends to provoke imageries of corn-fields, flat landscape, hog farms, and rural communities, along with ideas of conservatism, homogeneity, and isolation. But as the Midwestern and Southern states experienced more rapid population growth than that in California, Hawaii, and New York in the recent decades, the Heartland region has emerged as a growing interest of Asian American studies. Focused on the Heartland cities of Chicago, Illinois and St. Louis, Missouri, this book draws rich evidences from various government records, personal stories and interviews, and media reports, and sheds light on the commonalities and uniqueness of the region, as compared to the Asian American communities on the East and West Coast and Hawaii. Some of the poignant stories such as “the Three Moy Brothers,” “Alla Lee,” and “Save Sam Wah Laundry” told in the book are powerful reflections of Asian American history.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- A Note on Translation and Terminology -- 1 Introduction: Defining the Asian American Heartland and Its Significance -- PART I Transnational Migration and Work -- 2 Transnational Migration and Businesses in Chinese Chicago, 1870s–1930s -- 3 Building “Hop Alley”: Myth and Reality of Chinatown in St. Louis, 1860s–1930s -- 4 The Intellectual Tradition of the Heartland: The Chicago School and Beyond -- PART II Marriage, Family, and Community Organizations -- 5 Family and Marriage among Chicagoland Chinese, 1880s–1940s -- 6 Living in “Hop Alley,” 1860s–1930s -- 7 Governing “Hop Alley”: The On Leong Chinese Merchants and Laborers Association, 1906–1966 -- PART III New Community Structures -- 8 The 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act and the Formation of Cultural Community in St. Louis -- 9 The Tripartite Community in Chicago -- 10 Conclusion: Convergences and Divergences -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author