Dreaming of gold, dreaming of home

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"This book is a study of transnationalism among immigrants from Taishan, a populous coastal county in south China from which, until 1965, the majority of Chinese in the United States originated. Drawing creatively on Chinese-language sources such as gazetteers, newspapers, and magazines, supplemented by fieldwork and interviews as well as recent scholarship in Chinese social history, the author presents a much richer depiction than we have had heretofore of the continuing ties between Taishanese remaining in China and their kinsmen seeking their fortune in"Gold Mountain.""--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Ethnic identity,  Chinese,  Chinese Americans,  Migrations,  Social conditions,  Emigration and immigration,  Social aspects of Nationalism,  Nationalism,  History,  Nationalism, china,  Nationalism, united states,  United states, emigration and immigration,  China, emigration and immigration,  Social aspects

Places: California,  China,  Tʻai-shan hsien (Guangdong Sheng, China),  United States