The New Chinese America: Class, Economy, and Social Hierarchy

Contents

vii Contents Acknowledgments ix Note on Transliteration xiii Introduction: Rethinking Chinese America 1 1 Contemporary Chinese American Population: 17 The Documented and the Invisible 2 Drawing Lines of Class Distinction 39 3 “Serve the People”: The Ethnic Economy 74 4 The “Spirit of Changle”: 102 Constructing a Regional Identity 5 Surviving Poverty in an Ethnic Social Hierarchy 132 Conclusion: Inclusion or Exclusion? 160 Notes 167 Selected Bibliography 185 Index 193 ...