The Transnational History of a Chinese Family. Immigrant Letters, Family Business, and Reverse Migration.
Haiming Liu
Family and home are one word—jia—in the Chinese language. Family can be separated and home may be relocated, but jia remains intact. It signifies a system of mutual obligation, lasting responsibility, and cultural values. This strong yet flexible sense of kinship has enabled many Chinese immigrant families to endure long physical separation and accommodate continuities and discontinuities in the process of social mobility.
Based on an analysis of over three thousand family letters and other primary sources, including recently released immigration files from the National Archives and Records Administration, Haiming Liu presents a remarkable transnational history of a Chinese family from ... Read more
This well-documented and illustrated family history makes it clear that, for many Chinese immigrant families, migration does not mean a break from the past but the beginning of a new life that incorporates and transcends dual national boundaries. It convincingly shows how transnationalism has become a way of life for Chinese American families.
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Reviews for The Transnational History of a Chinese Family. Immigrant Letters, Family Business, and Reverse Migration.
Min Zhou
inaugural chair of the Department of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Los Ang
An important history of Chinese American transnationalism, the book provides valuable insights into lesser known aspects of these immigrant lives, ... Read more