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Chinese American Literature Since The 1850s, Xiao-Huang Yin

Xiao-huang Yin

Chinese American Literature since the 1850s traces the origins and development of the extensive and largely neglected body of literature written in English and in Chinese, assessing its themes and style and placing it in a broad social and historical context. This volume, shows how change and continuity in the Chinese American experience are reflected in the writings of immigrants from China and their descendants.