List of Tables
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Author's Note
Introduction
Part One Early Chinese Immigrant Women, 1840s1943
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, 19431965
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, 19651990s
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