The fortunes
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"The family institution is revered in Chinese culture, but the historical reality of Chinese Americans has seen family bonds denied, fragmented, or imperiled. [This book] uses this history from the bachelor society of the gold rush era to laws against interracial marriage to the recent wave of adopted baby girls to create a portrait of a community whose line of descent is broken, yet which has tenaciously persisted, as much through love as by blood ... [Davies] uses each of these stories--three inspired by real historical characters--to examine the process of becoming not only Chinese American, but American"--
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Davies, P. H. (2016). The fortunes. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Davies, Peter Ho, 1966-. 2016. The Fortunes. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Davies, Peter Ho, 1966-, The Fortunes. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.
MLA Citation (style guide)Davies, Peter Ho. The Fortunes. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.
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| Last Sierra Extract Time | Nov 15, 2024 05:31:28 PM |
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| Last File Modification Time | Nov 15, 2024 05:31:39 PM |
| Last Grouped Work Modification Time | Nov 23, 2024 01:38:41 AM |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references. | ||
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