Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Forget sorrow Forget sorrow Belle Yang "When Belle Yang was forced to take refuge in her parents' home after an abusive boyfriend began stalking her, her father entertained her with stories of old China. The history she'd ignored while gr… OL15531201W
The Poker Bride The Poker Bride Christopher Corbett During the Gold Rush, a young Chinese concubine arrived by horse in Idaho gold country, where a white gambler soon won her in a poker game. She became Polly Bemis, the winner's legal, beloved wife. P… OL16799512W
Chop suey, USA Chop suey, USA Yong Chen American diners began to flock to Chinese restaurants more than a century ago, making Chinese food the first mass-consumed cuisine in the United States. By 1980, it had become the country's most popu… OL19668463W
Chinese American struggle for equality Chinese American struggle for equality Franklin Ng Identifies discrimination and discusses how Chinese Americans have struggled for their civil rights. OL2721196W
Island Island Genny Lim,Judy Yung,Him Mark Lai In this revised edition sixty-nine poems in the main text have been combined with the sixty-six poems in the appendix into one section. Chinese poems that have been found on the walls of the immigrat… OL4077897W
Chinese Americans Chinese Americans Wilson, John Discusses Chinese who have immigrated to the United States, their reasons for coming, where they have settled, and how they have contributed to their new country. OL4088160W
Fusang, the Chinese who built America Fusang, the Chinese who built America Stan Steiner In this latest volume in a series of works on American ethnic groups, Steiner examines the immigration of the Chinese, their adjustment to Western culture, their role in developing the American West,… OL4482053W
Operation Yao Ming Operation Yao Ming Brook Larmer The story behind NBA giant Yao Ming, the ruthless Chinese sports machine that created him, and the East-West struggle over China's most famous son, opens with the story of Yao's parents, basketball p… OL5716431W
City within a city City within a city Kathleen Krull Describes the lives of two young Chinese Americans and their customs and conditions at home in New York City's Chinatown. OL97663W