Chinese In America Research Articles

The Story of the Chinese in America.

The Story of the Chinese in America.

A historical survey of organizations of the left among the Chinese in America

The history of the left among the Chinese in America is a neglected chapter in the history of the Chinese community. This is a preliminary survey of the left movements until the end of the 1950’s; most of the emphasis in the present essay is on activities in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is the author’s hope that this initial sketch, superficial as it may be, will inspire others to probe to greater depths into this little investigated but significant phase in the history of the Chinese in this country.

Aiieeeee! an introduction to Asian-American writing

Asian-Americans are not one people but several, Chinese-Americans, Japanese-Americans, and Filipino-Americans. Chinese and Japanese Americans have been separated by geography, culture, and history from China and Japan for seven and four generations respectively. They have evolved cultures and sensibilities distinctly not Chinese or Japanese and distinctly not white American. Even the Asian languages as they exist today in America have been adjusted and developed to express a new sensitivity created by a new experience. In America, Chinese and Japanese American culture and history have been inextricably linked by confusion, the popularization of their hatred for each other, and World War II.

Mountian of Gold: The Story of the Chinese in America

Mountian of Gold: The Story of the Chinese in America

Assimilation of Chinese in America: changes in orientation and social perception.

The assimilation orientation and social perception of 336 Chinese college students were studied. The psychometric findings supported the thesis that as Chinese become progressively removed from their ancestral culture and in greater contact with the dominant American culture, they show a concurrent increase in their assimilation orientation and in their internalization of American perceptual norms. The indexes of progressive removal utilized were generation, citizenship, residence area, and social groups. The Westernized Chinese from British Hong Kong, many of whom were foreign students, constituted a unique group. They were highly internalized, by Western standards, but the least assimilation-oriented.

Cultural influences in the perception of people: the case of Chinese in America.

The social perception of 336 Chinese college students in America was studied. The results indicate that as the Chinese are becoming progressively removed from their ethnic culture and in greater contact with the host culture, they show an increase in their internalization of the affective‐cognitive norms of western culture. However, the Chinese from urban Hong Kong showed a greater degree of internalization than Chinese from other areas of China and even some of the Chinese generations in America.

Overseas Chinese in America and Indonesia: A Review Article

Overseas Chinese in America and Indonesia: A Review Article

Some Denominational Reactions to Chinese Immigration to California, 1856-1892

WHEN THE GOLD RUSH brought first Chinese to California in 1848 it brought into state one of most emotional and complex social, political, and economic problems in American history. By 1853 twenty-five thousand Chinese in California comprised largest single minority group in state. Not only did custom, habit, and language isolate these strange immigrants from their Caucasian neighbors, but white miners soon came to resent industry and frugality of Orientals and their cheerful willingness to work longer hours for lower wages. This deflated price of labor in gold fields and led directly and quickly to anti-Chinese riots and to discriminatory anti-Chinese legislation. As early as 1852 California legislature passed a foreign miners' tax. During following year anti-Chinese riots and demonstrations broke out in San Francisco. These were followed in 1855 by state legislation which levied a fifty-dollar head tax on all Chinese immigrants.' In face of these adversities docile and bewildered Chinese could do little to help themselves. The first champion of persecuted Chinese in America was a Presbyterian clergyman, Reverend William Speer. A former medical missionary in Canton, Speer opened first Christian church for Chinese in United States in San Francisco in November, 1853. His knowledge of Chinese language and his interest in problems of Chinese in California made him their logical spokesman. Thus when California legislature considered repealing foreign miners' tax and Chinese landing head tax in 1856, it was Speer who stepped forward to argue case for inarticulate Orientals. In a forceful and widely circulated pamphlet he denied that Chinese were slaves imported by California capitalists for cheap labor. More to point, he skillfully developed thesis that the interests of California

Administration of Law among the Chinese in Chicago

The following study of the Administration of Law among the Chinese in Chicago was made by one of my students, Mr. Chai, as a part of my course in Administrative Law in Northwestern University Law School. It is designed to be the beginning of further research. Its chief value lies in the fact that it was made by an intelligent Chinese and reflects the Chinese atmosphere and attitude of mind. Such being the case, I have not changed the diction or method of treatment in any way. I may add, also, that in my own personal desire to obtain some intelligent estimate of the extent and methods of the administration of the law by the Chinese in America among themselves, I am actuated by no hostile spirit but am inclined to believe that there is much good in the practice. It is to be remembered, indeed, that in America today Boards of Trade and numerous other organizations have tribunals of arbitration and largely settle their own disputes without any resort to the civil courts. It is also to be remembered that through many centuries the Hebrews have largely administered their own law and that even the early Christians for at least three hundred years after the time of Christ did the same thing. The purpose of the study and of this introductory report is to obtain an intelligent estimate of the nature and extent and methods of the Chinese administration and the extent to which it relieves the civil courts of the burden of litigation.-Andrew A. Bruce.

Social Organization of the Chinese in America

Social Organization of the Chinese in America

The Gambling Games of the Chinese in America

The Gambling Games of the Chinese in America

Customs of the Chinese in America

Customs of the Chinese in America

The Funeral Ceremonies of the Chinese in America

The Funeral Ceremonies of the Chinese in America