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Lai, H. Mark.
Becoming Chinese American : a history of communities and institutions / Him Mark Lai.
p. cm. — (Critical perspectives on Asian Pacific Americans series)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7591-0457-3 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 0-7591-0458-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-7591-0458-7
1. Chinese Americans—Social conditions. 2. Chinese Americans—Societies, etc. 3. Chinese Americans—Ethnic identity. 4. Chinese-American newspapers—History. 5. Chinese Americans—Politics and government. 6. Transnationalism. I. Title. II. Series.
E184.C5L355 2003
973′.04951—dc22
2003020363
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