A Chinese Pioneer Family
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A Chinese Pioneer Family
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Author : Johanna Margarete Menzel Meskill
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2017-03-14
A Chinese Pioneer Family written by Johanna Margarete Menzel Meskill and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-14 with Reference categories.
In an absorbing account of a frontier family's rise to local eminence, from its pioneer days in eighteenth-century Taiwan through its attainment of gentry status there a century later, Johanna Meskill presents not just a family history but a social history of late imperial China as well. Originally published in 1979. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
A Chinese Pioneer Family
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Author : Johanna Menzel Meskill
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979-01-01
A Chinese Pioneer Family written by Johanna Menzel Meskill and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979-01-01 with Taiwan categories.
From Wah Lee To Chew Keen
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Author : Liping Wong Yip
language : en
Publisher: FriesenPress
Release Date : 2017-01-28
From Wah Lee To Chew Keen written by Liping Wong Yip and has been published by FriesenPress this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-28 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Who was Wah Lee? To the Keen family living in North Cariboo, B.C., Wah Lee was their forefather from China; amongst local historians, Wah Lee is the name for a general store in Quesnel, B.C. This book unravels the mystery of a name, which is also the story of a person, a business, and a family that traverses 150 years of history and crosses the Pacific from China to Canada. What unfolds is not just the history of one family, but a history of the recent past in Canada and China told through the trials and fortunes, hopes and dreams of individual family members. This is a story that can be treasured by family members, historians, and other Chinese-Canadians alike in years to come.
Chinese Pioneer Families Of Maui Molokai And Lanai
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Author : Ken Yee
language : en
Publisher: Hawaii Chinese History Center
Release Date : 2009
Chinese Pioneer Families Of Maui Molokai And Lanai written by Ken Yee and has been published by Hawaii Chinese History Center this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"During the last half of the 1800s through the early 1900s Chinese migrated from their villages in the Pearl River Delta in Kwangtung Province (Guangdong) and many found their way to the neighbor islands in Hawaii. This fascinating collection of oral histories is filled with the voices of their children and grandchildren. They tell stories that are both universal and particular about the lives of the early immigrants and their families and how they adapted to their new home in the Hawaiian islands, even as they held fast to their ties to China. These colorful, multigenerational stories paint a larger picture of the cultural traditions and social life of that time and illustrate how these immigrants became part of the fabric of Hawaii. Reference materials and maps provide useful resources for those wishing to trace their own roots." "The Introduction provides a valuable backdrop for the individual family stories as it describes the geographic, political, historical and economic context that shaped the patterns of immigration from the early 1800s and its impact. It also highlights the important roles that the Chinese pioneers played as craftsmen, laborers, and entrepreneurs in developing Hawaii's economy, particularly its agricultural industries on Maui, Molokai and Lanai." --Book Jacket.
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Author : Sheau-yueh J. Chao
language : en
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
Release Date : 2000
written by Sheau-yueh J. Chao and has been published by Genealogical Publishing Com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with China categories.
Sheau-yueh J. Chao, a librarian on the staff of the Newman Library of Baruch College, has prepared a groundbreaking treatise on the related topics of Chinese-American genealogy and Chinese onomastics. In fact, her new book is the first basic tool in English that traces the origins of Chinese surnames. The Chinese possess one of the oldest genealogical traditions in the world, extending back to the Shang Period (1700-1122 B.C.E.). The author honors this tradition and provides context by including a glossary and a chronology of Chinese history to help readers in finding terms and the dates of imperial time periods referred to in the volume. Also included is a Pinyin to Wade-Giles Conversion Table for the benefit of readers who are less familiar with the Wade-Giles system of romanization of Chinese sounds adopted by the Library of Congress and utilized throughout the book. At the heart of the work are three principal chapters. Chapter 1 describes the history of Chinese surnames, the research on Chinese surnames in literature, and reasons surnames have changed in Chinese history. Chapter 2, by far the largest of the chapters, delivers a genealogical analysis of more than 600 Chinese surnames. Typically each surname sketch depicts the founder or other originating influence upon the name, the various locales associated with the surname, reasons behind alterations in the name, and so on. Chapter 3 consists of an annotated bibliography of Chinese and English language sources on Chinese surnames. The work concludes with separate indexes to family names, authors, titles, and Chinese-character stroke numbers (one mechanism used for grouping Chinese characters). The preparation of Genealogical Resources on Chinese Surnames was the result of a prodigious effort. Among other things, the author translated and analyzed nearly 200 books in ancient Chinese literature housed at Columbia University's East Asian Library, the Harvard-Yenching Library at Harvard University, and the Library of Congress. Its publication at this time is guaranteed to be a boon to East Asian researchers, librarians, bibliographers, students, and, of course, genealogical researchers working on their Chinese forebears.
Chinese Historic Sites And Pioneer Families Of The Island Of Hawaii
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Author : Tin-Yuke Char
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 1983
Chinese Historic Sites And Pioneer Families Of The Island Of Hawaii written by Tin-Yuke Char and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with History categories.
Story of Chinese families on the Island of Hawaii by various authors. Covers Hilo, Hamakua, Kohala, Kona, and Ka'u.
Chinese Historic Sites And Pioneer Families Of Rural Oahu
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Author : Wai Jane Char
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
Chinese Historic Sites And Pioneer Families Of Rural Oahu written by Wai Jane Char and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with History categories.
Book on the Chinese in the Hawaiian Islands based on local histories, family histories, and biographies, organized geographically.
A Village With My Name
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Author : Scott Tong
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2017-11-17
A Village With My Name written by Scott Tong and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-17 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
An “immensely readable” journey through modern Chinese history told through the experiences of the author’s extended family (Christian Science Monitor). When journalist Scott Tong moved to Shanghai, his assignment was to start the first full-time China bureau for “Marketplace,” the daily business and economics program on public radio stations across the US. But for Tong the move became much more: an opportunity to reconnect with members of his extended family who’d remained there after his parents fled the communists six decades prior. Uncovering their stories gave him a new way to understand modern China’s defining moments and its long, interrupted quest to go global. A Village with My Name offers a unique perspective on China’s transitions through the eyes of regular people who witnessed such epochal events as the toppling of the Qing monarchy, Japan’s occupation during WWII, exile of political prisoners to forced labor camps, mass death and famine during the Great Leap Forward, market reforms under Deng Xiaoping, and the dawn of the One Child Policy. Tong focuses on five members of his family, who each offer a specific window on a changing country: a rare American-educated girl born in the closing days of the Qing Dynasty, a pioneer exchange student, a toddler abandoned in wartime who later rides the wave of China’s global export boom, a young professional climbing the ladder at a multinational company, and an orphan (the author’s daughter) adopted in the middle of a baby-selling scandal fueled by foreign money. Through their stories, Tong shows us China anew, visiting former prison labor camps on the Tibetan plateau and rural outposts along the Yangtze, exploring the Shanghai of the 1930s, and touring factories across the mainland—providing a compelling and deeply personal take on how China became what it is today. “Vivid and readable . . . The book’s focus on ordinary people makes it refreshingly accessible.” —Financial Times “Tong tells his story with humor, a little snark, [and] lots of love . . . Highly recommended, especially for those interested in Chinese history and family journeys.” —Library Journal (starred review)
Home In Peking
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Author : Simon Yang
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-05-07
Home In Peking written by Simon Yang and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-07 with categories.
There's something unique about this Chinese family, family of my forefathers and parents, which boasts of 2 Number Ones: Aunt Marion being the first female doctor of medicine in China, pioneer of contemporary Chinese obstetrics & gynaecology; her elder brother, Grandpa Pillar, being the leader of a Chinese football (soccer) team who defeated foreign footballers for the first time in history. Besides the few successful and prominent figures with significant achievements, most others in the family are ordinary and obscure. However you may find memoirs and anecdotes of the latter, the follies and intellect development of children are also appealing. Personally experiences may serve as epitomes of the time that they lived in, and readers may thus have an opportunity to know more about the Chinese history and Chinese society at a specific time, its vicissitude in history, hence attaining a better understanding of the Chinese nation nowadays.
Taiwan
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Author : Murray A. Rubinstein
language : en
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Release Date : 2007
Taiwan written by Murray A. Rubinstein and has been published by M.E. Sharpe this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
This is a comprehensive portrait of Taiwan. It covers the major periods in the development of this small but powerful island province/nation. The work is designed in the style of the multi-volume ""Cambridge History of China""