Chinese American Transnational Politics
ISBN: 9780252035258 | 0252035259
Edition: 1stFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr
Pub. Date: 3/15/2010
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Born and raised in San Francisco, Lai was trained as an engineer but blazed a trail in the field of Asian American studies. Long before the field had any academic standing, he amassed an unparalleled body of source material on Chinese America and drew on his own transnational heritage and Chinese patriotism to explore the global Chinese experience. InChinese American Transnational Politics,Lai traces the shadowy history of Chinese leftism and the role of the Kuomintang of China in influencing affairs in America. With precision and insight, Lai ... MORE
| Foreword | p. vii |
| Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| Introduction: Him Mark Lai and the Politics of Chinese America | p. 1 |
| China and the Chinese American Community: The Political Dimension | p. 9 |
| Anarchism, Communism, and China's Nationalist Revolution | p. 53 |
| Organizing the Community: Communists during the Great Depression | p. 77 |
| The War of Resistance against Japan | p. 100 |
| The Bi... MORE | p. 123 |
| Notes | p. 155 |
| Glossary of Chinese Characters | p. 219 |
| Bibliography of Published Works of Him Mark Lai, 1967-2008 | p. 239 |
| Selected English-Language Readings on Chinese American History | p. 251 |
| Index | p. 255 |
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Known as "the dean of Chinese American studies," Him Mark Lai (1925–2009) was an independent historian and an adjunct professor of Asian American studies at San Francisco State University. His influential works included Becoming Chinese American: A History of Communities and Institutions.
Madeline Y. Hsu is an associate professor of history and the director of the Center for Asian American Studies at the University of Texas, Austin.
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