List of Tables List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Author's Note Introduction Part One Early Chinese Immigrant Women, 1840s--1943 1. Nineteenth Century Immigration: Chinese Women Came to the Gold Mountain Social Conditions for Women in Nineteenth Century China Motives for Immigration Restrictions on the Entry of Chinese Women Immigration and Settlement Patterns 2. Nineteenth and Early-Twentieth Century Chinese American Women at Work Slave Girls Merchant Wives Students Farm Wives 3. Defining Home and Community Family Life Community Involvement Part Two Postwar Chinese American Women, 1943--1965 4. Postwar Chinese American Women Repeal of Chinese Exclusion Acts Motives and Means of Immigration New Employment Opportunities Family Life Social Activities and Community Work Part Three Contemporary Chinese American Women, 1965--1990s 5. New Turning Point Educational and Occupational Achievements Participation in Mainstream Politics Attitude Change of the Younger Generation: More Appreciation of Chinese Heritage Motives and Means of Immigration Since the 1960s Conditions for New Immigrants 6. Issues and Concerns Model Minority: Myth and Reality Debate Over Affirmative Action Interracial Marriage Other Concerns 7. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
Huping Ling is Associate Professor of History at Truman State University.
"Surviving on the Gold Mountain is a significant addition to our too-scant scholarly literature about Chinese American women. In addition to her historical skills, Huping Ling brings to it her irreplaceable experience as a recent student emigrant from the People's Republic of China. It is a contribution to both the history of immigration and the history of women." - Roger Daniels, University of Cincinnati "Surviving on the Gold Mountain presents an expansive story of America's past from the particulars of individual lives. This work testifies yet again to the immense possibilities of women's history and its transformative powers." - Gary Y. Okihiro, Cornell University, and author of Margins and Mainstreams: Asians in American History and Culture "Huping Ling has written the most comprehensive history of Chinese American women to date. Covering the entire period from the 1840s to the present, she examines the lives and experiences of different subgroups in various regions of the country, focusing particularly on immigration, work, family, and community. Her account is enlivened by the voices of Chinese American women and enriched by photographs, maps, and documents. A work of impressive scope and scholarship, Surviving on the Gold Mountain will be of value to both students and scholars in Ethnic and Asian American history." - Evelyn Nakano Glenn, University of California, Berkeley
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