How Chinese Immigrants Made America Home

How Chinese Immigrants Made America Home
ISBN-10
1508181195
ISBN-13
9781508181194
Category
Juvenile Nonfiction
Pages
80
Language
English
Published
2018-07-15
Publisher
The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Author
Georgina W.S. Lu

Description

Chinese immigrants first reached the shores of California in the mid 1800s. Since then, they have made significant contributions to the American economy through their work in mines, on railroads, and on farms as they earned money to send home. However, many saw them as job-stealing freeloaders. They contributed to American culture too, even as discrimination forced them to build their own communities from the ground up. The Chinese American community had no choice but to take on these stereotypes in order to survive. Written by a Chinese immigrant, readers will discover that even the xenophobia that exists today can be defeated and one's culture celebrated in the United States.

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