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"An important history of Chinese American transnationalism, the book provides valuable insights into lesser known aspects of these immigrant lives, and allows us to understand Asian American history through the well-documented experiences of a family."—Yong Chen, author of Chinese San Francisco, 1850–1943: A Transpacific Community"This brilliantly nuanced story . . . challenges us to rethink immigration and immigrant adaptation in the broader cross-cultural and transnational milieu."—Min Zhou, Inaugural chair of the Department of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Los AngelesFamily 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

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Author

Haiming Liu

Publisher

Rutgers University Press

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9780813535968

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Memoir, Social Science

Rating

3.29 / 5 (7 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14