Описание: The story of the Toisanese and Cantonese Chinese, especially of those from New York City, are largely missing from our annals of history. The accomplishments of these peasant farmers and their offspring from southern China were extraordinary amidst enormous struggles. Known as the Jook Sing generation, their children went on to become responsible U.S. citizens and educated professionals. Many enter fields where no Chinese had gone before. They created, within New York City's Chinatown, a village and a community with its cobweb of family and social relationships. It was safe, supportive, and they belonged. This book is a collection of narratives about ordinary people who made extraordinary strides. It is a psychosocial account of narratives of the Toisanese and Cantonese Chinese growing up during the 1940s-1960s in the US-told for the next generation lest they be forgotten. While the Garden of Eden lies in the East for Westerners, the Jade Mountain of the Queen Mother, Hsi Wang Mu, lies in the West for Easterners. These pioneering Chinese made their Journey to the West. What made for their resilience and bonds that enabled them to succeed? Isn't it ironic that they came to America for economic opportunities, only to be mistrusted for their political allegiances? They were recruited for jobs that White Americans did not want; yet they became an economic threat because they took away American jobs. Chinatown was viewed as a secretive and isolated community; yet the anti-Chinese laws blatantly discriminated and excluded them from housing, immigration, and access to mainstream resources. Isn't it ironic how many Chinese Americans served in the military, yet faced more backlash from their American comrades than from the enemy? They continued to be viewed as foreigners despite sacrificing their lives for the US. But most of all, this story about the Cantonese and Toisanese Chinese is a story about the plight of all immigrants. Volume 2 is a collection of stories for the New York City Chinatown Oral History Project, www.ceoservices.wix.com/nycchinatownoralhist. The project celebrates the lives of ordinary Chinese immigrants and Chinese American citizens, who shared similar experiences, and together made extraordinary strides as a community-forming bonds that have lasted a lifetime. Since the biennial NYC Chinatown Reunions in Las Vegas began in 2000, many felt the need to document these stories of a forgotten generation in the annals of U.S. history. Few Toisanese now immigrate to America. Yet, they were responsible for the initial introduction of cheap Chinese food to the American public-Chow Mein, Chop Suey, Wonton Soup and Egg rolls. What a difference today's more gourmet Cantonese cuisine is to the American palate While Volume I was foundational, Volume II builds on and expands these narratives of resilience and community support networks. Over 300 individuals have participated to this project. This volume includes stories collected between 2013 and 2016 from individual interviews, recorded project events, submitted stories, and taped conversations. All participants have given permission for their stories to be used. Common themes in Volume II include that of Chinatown as a village, the bonds among Chinese families, the sacrifice made by our pioneering parents, Chinese American identity, and how "we did it in one generation". Our Journey to the West marks the end of an era and how a unique Chinese American culture emerged. The challenges and resilience of this group in dealing with mobility, access, discrimination, and the stigma and pride of their Toisanese ways are inspiring. Most lived in poverty amidst a backdrop of cultural and community riches. They Lived the American Dream-their story is of accomplishments and successes, notable firsts and atypical paths as descendants of peasant farmers from Toisan to become productive Chinese American citizens. And We did it Our Way
Описание: The Cantonese Chinese were largely Toisanese peasant farmers from southern China and the original Chinese pioneers to the United States starting in the 1800s. Recruited as cheap labor to build the transcontinental railroad, they faced harsh discrimination and were viewed as an economic threat during the California Gold Rush. After its completion, they were omitted from the U.S. annals and the only national group ever to be barred from immigrating to the U.S. by the Chinese Exclusion Acts between 1882 and 1943. After World War II, they were then viewed as communist threats. As they migrated east to New York City, laundries and restaurants were the only occupations opened to them. They retreated to the safe havens of New York City's Chinatown or became the lone Asians in their neighborhoods in the outer boroughs. Their offspring are the voices in this book; they are the Chinese Americans growing up in New York City's Chinatown between the 1940s and 1960s, a generation sandwiched between post-World War II (1941-1945) and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. What was life in New York City's Chinatown like during that time? Their stories are a psychosocial account capturing the bonds, the family and community networks, the struggles and the resiliency of growing up Chinese in New York City. Their parents came from working in the rice fields of southern China to toiling as laundry, restaurant, and garment workers in the United States. This generation went on to become upstanding citizens working in professional fields-mostly engineering and teaching. As a group, their accomplishments and achievements were unsurpassed. Because there were so few Chinese Americans outside of the laundries and restaurants, their entry into many fields were untraditional and exceptions. They often became the "first". As Ted Ho, one of our participants, said: "And we did it in one generation " Why this book about this group of ordinary people? Lest it be forgotten, we need to document these stories-struggles and accomplishments-of the early Chinese pioneers to the U.S. for the next generations. They grew up in a society intolerant of their differences-they were viewed as the perpetual foreigner and scapegoated by earlier immigrant groups. While the Toisanese were once the majority of the U.S. Chinese American population, they have been increasingly replaced by the Cantonese and Taiwanese in the 60s and 70s, by the Vietnamese Chinese in the 80s, and by "mainland Chinese" largely from Fujian province in 90s. This book is a psychosocial account of the resiliency and community networks amidst discrimination and assimilation in a bicultural world of Chinese Americans growing up in New York City in the 1940s-1960s-it is written in their voices. But it is also the story of all immigrants.
Автор: Chin Jean Lau Название: Global and Culturally Diverse Leaders and Leadership ISBN: 1787434966 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781787434967 Издательство: Emerald Рейтинг: Цена: 6706.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book explores diverse cultural leadership styles and paradigms of leadership that are dynamic, complex, globally authentic and culturally competent for the 21st century. By redefining global leadership, the authors impart a new understanding of the criteria for selecting, training and evaluating leaders in the 21st century.
Автор: Ford Edward Hastings, Hershfield Harry, Laurie Jr Joe Название: The New Can You Top This: Laugh Roundup ISBN: 1258338254 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781258338251 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 6060.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
