From Manchurian Princess To The American Dream
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From Manchurian Princess To The American Dream
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Author : Anna Chao Pai
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2019-03-19
From Manchurian Princess To The American Dream written by Anna Chao Pai and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-19 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
While most immigrants to the United States seek better lives than what they had, author Anna Chao Pai’s parents came seeking safety from the Japanese; they left a life of luxury and power to become ordinary American citizens. In the end, the transition to ordinary was traumatic for Pai’s mother, who became mentally unbalanced. In From Manchurian Princess to the American Dream, Pai shares her story which is as much about her mother as it is about her. Pai was four years old when her family came to America from China, forced to flee because of war. She tells how they moved almost once a year, experiencing discrimination against Asians during World Word II, and attended twelve different schools before starting college. While her father and her siblings adjusted, despite racism against Asians, Pai’s mother, unable to learn the language, never assimilated into American life. From Manchurian Princess to the American Dream offers a look at modern Chinese history and culture. It provides insight into the impact of immigration on people who are ripped from their homes and find themselves beginning life in a foreign country where they must learn a new language and eventually lose all they left behind. Noting the courage it took for Pai’s parents to survive, this memoir is a testament to them and her family.
Women And Their Warlords
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Author : Kate Merkel-Hess
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2024-08-19
Women And Their Warlords written by Kate Merkel-Hess 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 2024-08-19 with History categories.
Explores the complex history and legacy of elite wives, concubines, and daughters of warlords in twentieth-century China. In Women and Their Warlords, historian Kate Merkel-Hess examines the lives and personalities of the female relatives of the military rulers who governed regions of China from 1916 to 1949. Posing for candid photographs and sitting for interviews, these women did not merely advance male rulers’ agendas. They advocated for social and political changes, gave voice to feminist ideas, and shaped how the public perceived them. As the first publicly political partners in modern China, the wives and concubines of Republican-era warlords changed how people viewed elite women’s engagement in politics. Drawing on popular media sources, including magazine profiles and gossip column items, Merkel-Hess draws unexpected connections between militarism, domestic life, and state power in this insightful new account of gender and authority in twentieth-century China.
China S Grandmothers
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Author : Diana Lary
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2022-04-21
China S Grandmothers written by Diana Lary and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-21 with History categories.
Over the past century and a half, China has experienced foreign invasion, warfare, political turmoil, and revolution, along with massive economic and technological change. Through all this change, there is one stable element: grandmothers, as child carers, household managers, religious devotees, transmitters of culture, and, above all, sources of love, warmth, and affection. In this interdisciplinary and longitudinal study, China's Grandmothers sheds light on the status and lives of grandmothers in China over the years from the late Qing Dynasty to the twenty-first century. Combining a wide range of historical and biographical materials, Diana Lary explores the changes and continuities in the lives of grandmothers through revolution, wars, and radical upheaval to the present phase of economic growth. Informed by her own experience as a grandchild and grandmother, Lary offers a fresh and compelling way of looking at gender, family, and ageing in modern Chinese society.
A Chance To Be Born
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Author : K. C. Bertling
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-03-27
A Chance To Be Born written by K. C. Bertling and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-27 with categories.
The inspirational story of a very unhappy Korean child who grows up to marry an American soldier. Her struggles to survive in a new culture are outrageously funny and sometimes sad. Her failures and her successes are vividly written throughout her book. Her American patriotism and her strong belief in God inspires everybody who has met her.
Never Alone
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Author : James Wong
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-08
Never Alone written by James Wong and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08 with categories.
This is the fascinating true story of the struggles and successes of Jimmy June Wong and his family from the time his grandfather emigrated from China to America around 1860 to the present day. The story is based on numerous rare historical documents and photographs that depict racism, intolerance, ancient Chinese customs such as foot binding, and efforts to adapt to the American way of life.
The Golden Mountain
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Author : Irene Kai
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
The Golden Mountain written by Irene Kai and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The reliable phrasebook Essential words and phrases organized by topic: " Meeting people " Accommodations " Transportation " Food and drink " Shopping " Health " Sightseeing ... and more PLUS: " Easy-to-use pronunciation system " Easy-to-understand mini grammar " Alphabetically arranged dictionary
Patriot Number One
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Author : Lauren Hilgers
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2018-03-20
Patriot Number One written by Lauren Hilgers and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-20 with Social Science categories.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2018 BY New York Times Critics • Wall Street Journal • Kirkus Reviews Christian Science Monitor • San Francisco Chronicle Finalist for the PEN Jacqueline Bograd Weld Biography Award Shortlisted for the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize The deeply reported story of one indelible family transplanted from rural China to New York City, forging a life between two worlds In 2014, in a snow-covered house in Flushing, Queens, a village revolutionary from Southern China considered his options. Zhuang Liehong was the son of a fisherman, the former owner of a small tea shop, and the spark that had sent his village into an uproar—pitting residents against a corrupt local government. Under the alias Patriot Number One, he had stoked a series of pro-democracy protests, hoping to change his home for the better. Instead, sensing an impending crackdown, Zhuang and his wife, Little Yan, left their infant son with relatives and traveled to America. With few contacts and only a shaky grasp of English, they had to start from scratch. In Patriot Number One, Hilgers follows this dauntless family through a world hidden in plain sight: a byzantine network of employment agencies and language schools, of underground asylum brokers and illegal dormitories that Flushing’s Chinese community relies on for survival. As the irrepressibly opinionated Zhuang and the more pragmatic Little Yan pursue legal status and struggle to reunite with their son, we also meet others piecing together a new life in Flushing. Tang, a democracy activist who was caught up in the Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989, is still dedicated to his cause after more than a decade in exile. Karen, a college graduate whose mother imagined a bold American life for her, works part-time in a nail salon as she attends vocational school, and refuses to look backward. With a novelist’s eye for character and detail, Hilgers captures the joys and indignities of building a life in a new country—and the stubborn allure of the American dream.
My American Dream With A Side Of Beef Noodle Soup
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Author : Lisa Chen Mellinger
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2022-12-14
My American Dream With A Side Of Beef Noodle Soup written by Lisa Chen Mellinger and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-14 with categories.
The smell of beef noodle soup prompts Tu Hong Lang (Helen) to share her childhood memories of running in her grandparents' home, where they lived as extravagant landlords over the rice fields. This is a recalling of food stories, family heartache, deep grief, and cultural conflicts in the midst of chasing the American dream. During the devastating transition from imperial China to Communist China, Helen's family escapes to Taiwan where she ends up graduating from college and enjoying the attention of many suitors before falling in love and moving to America. She and her husband chase the American dream, but it always seems to be out of reach. Between stories, Helen's daughter, shares her own memories of food that bonded the families together.
My Mother S American Dream
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Author : Shivani Chawla
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-05-05
My Mother S American Dream written by Shivani Chawla and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-05 with categories.
My Mother's American Dream is a struggle portrayed! Dr. Shivani Chawla, the founder of Family Medicine Online, takes the reader on her journey toward establishing herself in her career as an Asian-American Woman in America. The book reflects on the challenges that arose along her way. She was only seven years old when she and her family arrived in the United States of America. It was new, different and intimidating!She recalls one day while sitting at the dinner table as her mother told her "you will be a doctor" to which her response was "okay". From that moment on she set her sights and energy into making that her reality. Though, it wasn't without it's struggles and obstacles. How many of us have a Dream? How many have come to America's shores to make their dream become a reality?Her story is a relatable one for those who have faced and are facing similar hardships. This book was written to highlight her journey to become a doctor as an immigrant without any knowledge on how to do it or what it takes. Challenged by the difficulties which arose in the process all the while trying to melt into this melting pot of a culture different than what she had been born into, she fought to win despite many failures. A success hidden within her struggles sends a message that anyone can accomplish this if she can. You too can find your American Dream!
Mei Guo Meng
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Author : Kristy Thomas
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-04-04
Mei Guo Meng written by Kristy Thomas and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-04 with Drama categories.
The story of a first generation Asian American girl Miuki who wants to be who her parents want her to be while fighting to be who she feels like she is. She is fighting trying to balance being a good student and daughter for her parents and being an American girl. Miuki wants to figure out how to do both. As her senior prom approaches she asks her parents if she can attend knowing they would say no, they did. She is heartbroken that she can't to one of the most American things a teenager does. She tries to reason with her parents, telling them what a good student she is and that she has not let go of her roots, while explaining to them that they brought her to America for the American Dream that they are not letting her live. In the end her parents bring prom to her. She dances, has a date and realizes that it is difficult for parents of other countries to let their children grow into individuals in a place that is not hope, but realize that compromise is universal.