Chinese America

Sort by:     Date Added     SKU     Product Name     Price     Pages:   1 2   See details American Born Chinese SKU: AMBOCH This is the first full-length graphic novel dealing with specific trials and tribulations of the Chinese-American diaspora. Our price: $16.95; In stock  See details »  See details Asian Mystique: Dragon Ladies, Geisha Girls & Our Fantasies of the Exotic Orient SKU: ASMYDR Prasso, a former Business Week Asia editor, asks if Westerners can look objectively at the Eastern region, blinded as they are by "issues of race and sex, fantasy and power." It's this worldview-one the author admits succumbing to and feeling a "sense of loss" in giving up-that clouds.... Market price: $18.50 Our price: $5.98, save 67%; Temporarily out of stock  See details »  See details Bridging the Pacific SKU: BRPA Shouhua Qi's collection of witty, frank, and timely essays reflect his own cross-cultural journey from China to America over the past decade while providing a fresh reassessment of the search for selfhood in a cross-cultural context. Our price: $14.95; Temporarily out of stock  See details »  See details The Chalice and the Blade in Chinese Culture SKU: CHBLCH This book is a groundbreaking work on the role of women in traditional Chinese culture. It takes into account women's roles in the development of Chinese society, using a cross-disciplinary approach that merges economics, sociology, cultural issues and family life to create a new view of Chinese.... Our price: $29.95; In stock  See details »  See details China Learns English: Language Teaching and Social Change in the People's Republic SKU: CHLEEN Like schools everywhere, secondary schools in China have become an arena for mediating their society's most deeply rooted and sensitive contradiction. Heidi Ross draws upon her experience teaching English at an elite foreign-language secondary school in Shanhai to provide an intimate account of.... Market price: $42.00 Our price: $3.98, save 90%; Temporarily out of stock  See details »  See details Chinese America: The Untold Story of America's Oldest New Community SKU: CHAMER From award-winning author Peter Kwong and Dusanka Miscevic comes a definitive portrait of Chinese Americans, one of the oldest immigrant groups and fastest-growing communities in the United States. Beginning with stories of Chinese frontiersmen who came to the West Coast by the thousands in the.... Market price: $29.95 Our price: $6.98, save 76%; Temporarily out of stock  See details »  See details Chinese in America SKU: CHINAM Critically acclaimed author of "The Rape of Nanking", Iris Chang, details the lives and histories of the Chinese living in America. Spanning from the early 19th century to the late 20th, from the building of the transcontinental railroad to present day teenagers of Chinese parents, Chang covers.... Market price: $29.95 Our price: $6.98, save 76%; In stock  See details »  See details Cultural Curiosity: Thirteen Stories about the Search for Chinese Roots SKU: CUCURI This intimate and rich anthology of autobiographical essays aims to reveal the human side of the Chinese diaspora. Written by ethnic Chinese who were born or raised outside of China, they describe the experience of growing up as a visible minority and the subsequent journey each author made to.... Market price: $18.95 Our price: $4.98, save 73%; In stock  See details »  See details Earthquake SKU: EARTHQ "This morning the earth shook and threw us from our beds.We were not hurt, just stunned. Drawers spilled, dishes crashed, pots and pans clanged as they fell. Ancestral portraits flew off the walls." Milly Lee's mother was eight years old in 1906, when San Francisco was shaken by a powerful.... Market price: $6.95 Our price: $2.98, save 57%; In stock  See details »  See details The Hong Kong Visitor's Book: A Historical Who's Who SKU: HOKOVI Over the years, the eclectic East and West influences of Hong Kong has turned it into a colony of unprecedented excitement. From legendary poet Han Yu, President Ulysses S. Grant, authors Rudyard Kipling and George Bernard Shaw to pop singer Madonna, this book details a range of exciting people.... Our price: $12.95; In stock  See details »  See details Hua Song: Stories of the Chinese Diaspora SKU: HUSOST This richly illustrated book reveals how the Chinese came to settle in North America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Southeast Asia, India, Europe, South America, and all parts of the globe. Oral histories, remembrances, testimonials, and hundreds of rare photographs form a fascinating,.... Market price: $19.95 Our price: $6.99, save 64%; Temporarily out of stock  See details »  See details In Their Own Words SKU: INTHOW While teaching English at Peking University, Tony Gallagher grew to understand the lives and views of his students in a most profound way. Original essays by some of China's brightest young minds include candid observations and discussions of education, politics, popular culture, and the meaning.... Our price: $12.95; In stock  See details »  See details Jews in China SKU: JECHIN A fascinating photographic record that illustrates four historical migrations of Jews to China: Yuan dynasty Jews in Kaifeng, mid-nineteenth century Baghdadi merchants in Shanghai, early twentieth century migrants from Russia, and mid twentieth century refugees from Nazi Germany. Our price: $39.95; In stock  See details »  See details Jews in Tianjin SKU: JETIAN Over 180 photographs and images paint a moving record of the history of Jews in Tianjin. Although little has been recorded about their presence there,Jews—primarily from Eastern Europe—were in Tianjin for over a hundred years. This beautifully produced book sheds light on an important chapter of.... Our price: $39.95; In stock  See details »  See details The Kitchen God's Wife SKU: KIGOWI "Gripping, sweeping…a beautiful literary tapestry, rich and dense with color, texture, pattern….This is incantatory prose, a breathless roller coaster ride through a brilliant desperate world made magic by superstition and old wives' tales and the pure drama of hard times....Amy Tan is one of.... Market price: $14.00 Our price: $3.98, save 71%; In stock  See details »  See details Korean War: 1945-1953 SKU: KOWAR As a journalist covering East Asia after World War II, Hugh Deane offers an original, eyewitness account of the Korean conflict and its political and ideological legacy. Market price: $14.95 Our price: $3.00, save 79%; In stock  See details »  See details One American Reality SKU: ONAMRE Chinese photographer Dong Lin travelled extensively in the US, fascinated by the harsh realities often evident behind the facade of the American dream. The result is a striking collection of black-and-white photos of a rarely-seen America. Introduction by Orville Schell. Market price: $39.95 Our price: $9.98, save 75%; In stock  See details »  See details Riding the Dragon SKU: RIDR This guide aims to help foreigners get acclimated in a city which seems to be constantly evolving. Market price: $44.95 Our price: $18.00, save 59%; In stock  See details »  See details The Siege of the Peking Embassy, 1900 SKU: SIPEEM How hundreds of diplomats and their families stranded inside the Legation buildings in Peking during the Boxer Uprising coped with the rigors of the siege - told through diplomatic papers and the gripping diary of the British ambassador in Peking, Sir Claude MacDonald. Uncovered.... Market price: $12.95 Our price: $4.98, save 61%; In stock  See details »  See details The Strategic Advantage: Sun Zi and Western Approaches to War SKU: STADSU A study of war strategy that compares Sun Zi's Art of War to On War, by Carl von Clausewitz. Market price: $5.95 Our price: $3.00, save 49%; In stock  See details »

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