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Author Lu, Georgina W. S., author

Title How Chinese immigrants made America home / Georgina W.S. Lu
Edition First edition
Published New York : Rosen Central, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (80 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits
Series Coming to America: the history of immigration to the United States
Coming to America: the history of immigration to the United States.
Contents Eyeing opportunities across the Pacific -- Brewing resentment -- Fighting Chinese exclusion -- After the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
Summary This book explores the significant contributions to the American economy that Chinese immigrants have made through their work in mines, on railroads, and on farms, as well as their contributions to American culture since they first reached the shores of California in the mid 1800s
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes 5-8
Description based on print version record
Subject Chinese -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature
Chinese Americans -- History -- Juvenile literature
Immigrants -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature
JUVENILE NONFICTION -- United States -- History -- General.
JUVENILE NONFICTION -- People & Places -- United States -- General.
JUVENILE NONFICTION -- People & Places -- United States -- Other.
Chinese.
Chinese Americans.
Emigration and immigration.
Immigrants.
SUBJECT China -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- Juvenile literature
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- Juvenile literature
Subject China.
United States.
Genre/Form History.
Juvenile works.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781508181194
1508181195