Chinese Americans

Jonathan H. X. Lee is associate professor of Asian American studies at San Francisco State University.

Preface
Chronology of Chinese American History

Part I
Context of Chinese American Emigration: Coming to America
Historical Overview
Alien Land Law (1913)
American Federation of Labor
Angel Island Immigration Station
Angell Treaty (Chinese Exclusion Treaty) (1880)
Anti-Chinese Violence
Anti-Miscegenation Laws
Bachelor Society
Bemis, Polly (1853–1933)
Bing Kung Tong
Bowl of Rice Movement
Boxer Indemnity Fellowship (Boxer Rebellion) (1900)
Burlingame Treaty (1868)
Cantonese
Chee Kung Tong
Chin, Vincent Jen (1955–1982)
China War Relief Association
Chinese American Birth Rates
Chinese American Population Trends
Chinese and Cuba's Ten Years' War (1868–1878)
Chinese Cambodians
Chinese Canadian History
Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
Chinese Immigration During the Gold Rush
Chinese Immigration to Canada
Chinese Immigration to Mexico
Chinese Immigration to South America
Chinese in Cuba
Chinese in Hawai'i
Chinese in Peru
Chinese in the Mississippi Delta
Chinese in the U.S. Civil War
Chinese Vietnamese
Chinese Women and the Chinese Exclusion Act
Cuba Commission Report, The
Dollar Diplomacy in China
Hip Sing Tong (Xiesheng Tang)
Hong Kong
Hongmen
Hop Sing Tong (Hesheng Tang)
Huiguan (The Chinese Six Companies)
International Context of Chinese Immigration to America, to 1870
Locke, California
Opium Wars (1840 and 1856)
Page Law (1875)
Paper Sons and Daughters
Queue Ordinance (1876)
Rape of Nanjing
Refugee-Escapee Act (1957)
Refugee Relief Act (1953)
Samyap and Szeyap
San Francisco Earthquake (1906)
Scott Act (1888)
Sino-Japanese War (1894)
Sino-U.S. Relations
Taiping Rebellion
Taiwan
Taiwanese Immigration History
War Brides Act (1946)
World War I
World War II
World War II in the Pacific
Yung Wing (1828–1912)


Part II
Political Activity and Economic Life: Business Endeavors and Involvement in American Politics
Historical Overview
Boggs, Grace Lee (1915–2015)
Chennault, Anna (1925–)
Chiang Kai-shek, Madame (Soong Meiling) (1898–2003)
Chinatown Gangs in the United States
Chinese American Activism
Chinese American Citizens Alliance
Chinese Americans and Civil Rights
Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association
Chinese Family Associations
Chinese Fisheries in California
Chinese Grocery Stores
Chinese Hand Laundry Alliance
Chinese Hospital, San Francisco
Chinese-Language Newspapers in America
Chinese Laundries
Chinese Restaurants in the United States
Chu, Judy (1953–)
Contract Laborers (Credit-Ticket Laborers)
Coolie Trade
Eu, March Fong (1922–)
Flying Tigers
Fong, Hiram Leong (1906–2004)
Gold Rush
Gong Lum v. Rice (1927)
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
Lee, Wen-Ho (1939–)
Locke, Gary Faye (1950–)
Low, Evan (1983–)
McCarthyism
People v. Hall (1854)
Secret Societies
Sun Yat-sen (1866–1925)
Taiwanese Americans
Transcontinental Railroad
Wu Tingfang (1842–1922)


Part III
Cultural and Religious Life: People, Institutions, and Organizations
Historical Overview
Bok Kai and Bok Kai Temple
Chinatown Ghost Stories
Chinese Christians in America
Chinese Foods
Chinese Genealogy
Chinese Immigrant Cemeteries
Chinese-Language Schools
Chinese Medicine
Chinese Operas
Chinese Temples in America
Ching Chung Taoist Association of America
Confucianism
Daoism
Dying and Death Rituals
Falun Dafa/Falun Gong
Fengshui/Geomancy
First Chinese Baptist Church, San Francisco
Guanyin
Hong Fook Tong
Lunar New Year
Narcissus Festival and Queen Pageant (Honolulu)
Religions
Taiwanese American Heritage Week
Taiwanese American Religions
Taiwanese Food in America
Watchman Nee (1903–1972) and Witness Lee (1905–1997)
Yee, James J. (ca. 1968–)


Part IV
Literature, the Arts, Popular Culture, and Sports: People, Movements, and Expressions of Identity
Historical Overview
Adrian, Nathan Ghar Jun (1988–)
Chang, Apana (1871–1933)
Chang, Michael Te-Pei (1972–)
Chin, Frank Jianxiu (1940–)
Chinese American Baseball
Chinese American Hip-Hop
Chinese American Jazz
Chinese American Literature
Chinese Americans and LGBTQQI
Chinese Americans in Motion Pictures
Chinese Americans in Sports
Chinese Martial Arts
Chinese Nightclubs (1920s–1940s)
Chow, Norm Yew Heen (1946–)
Dong, Arthur (1953–)
Fa Mu Lan
Folklore in Children's Literature
Fu Manchu and Charlie Chan
Huang, Eddie (1982–)
Hwang, David Henry (1957–)
Kwan, Michelle Wing Shan (1980–)
Lam, Wifredo (1902–1982)
Lee, Ang (1954–)
Lee, Bruce (1940–1973)
Lee, C. Y. (1917–), and Flower Drum Song
Lin, Jeremy (1988–)
Liu, Lucy (1968–)
Ma, Yo-Yo (1955–)
Miss Chinatown USA Pageant
Model Minority
Ng Poon Chew (1867–1931)
Ngor, Haing S. (1940–1996)
Pei, I. M. (Ieoh Ming) (1917–)
Tam, Vivienne (1957–)
Wang, Vera (1949–)
Wang, Wayne (1949–)
Wong Chin Foo (1847–1898)
Wong, Jade Snow (1922–2006)
Wong, Shawn (1949–)
Wu, Daniel (1974–)
Yep, Laurence Michael (1948–)
Yew, Chay (1965–)


Primary Documents

Bibliography

List of Contributors

About the Editor

Index