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Remaking Chinese America
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Author: Xiaojian Zhao
ISBN: 9780813530116
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Year: 2001
Format: Paper
Condition: New
ISBN: 9780813530116
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Year: 2001
Format: Paper
Condition: New
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In Remaking Chinese America, Xiaojian Zhao explores the myriad forces that changed and unified Chinese Americans during a key period in American history. Prior to 1940, this immigrant community was predominantly male, but between 1940 and 1965 it was transformed into a family-centered American ethnic community. Zhao pays special attention to forces both inside and outside of the country in order to explain these changing demographics. She scrutinizes the repealed exclusion laws and the immigration laws enacted after 1940. Careful attention is also paid to evolving gender roles, since women constituted the majority of newcomers, significantly changing the sex ratio of the Chinese American population.