Transforming the field -- History and race -- Envisioning America -- California lifestyles -- Coming of age -- Seeking new allies, building new community -- Still the problem of the twenty-first century
Summary
Envisioning America is a revealing ethnographic portrait of how naturalized Chinese in Southern California have pursued the democratic ideals of participation through political empowerment and community recognition despite impediments to their full inclusion as American citizens
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-227) and index