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- The First Chinese American: The Remarkable Life of Wong Chin Foo
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: Hong Kong University Press, HKU
summary
Chinese in America endured abuse and discrimination in the late nineteenth century, but they had a leader and a fighter in Wong Chin Foo (1847–1898), whose story is a forgotten chapter in the struggle for equal rights in America. The first to use the term "Chinese American," Wong defended his compatriots against malicious scapegoating and urged them to become Americanized to win their rights. A trailblazer and a born showman who proclaimed himself China's first Confucian missionary to the United States, he founded America's first association of Chinese voters and testified before Congress to get laws that denied them citizenship repealed. Wong challenged Americans to live up to the principles they freely espoused but failed to apply to the Chinese in their midst. This evocative biography is the first book-length account of the life and times of one of America's most famous Chinese—and one of its earliest campaigners for racial equality.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. 2-5
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xv-xvii
- A Note on Romanization and Chinese Names
- pp. xix-xx
- Wong Chin Foo Chronology
- pp. xxi-xxvi
- Dramatis Personae
- pp. xxvii-xxxii
- 4. Soiled Doves (1873–74)
- pp. 39-48
- 9. The Chinese American (1883)
- pp. 89-99
- 10. Wiping Out the Stain (1883–85)
- pp. 101-109
- 12. Pigtails in Politics (1884–86)
- pp. 119-124
- 13. Chop Suey (1884–86)
- pp. 125-134
- 14. Why Am I a Heathen? (1887)
- pp. 135-147
- 15. Fifty Cents a Pound (1887)
- pp. 149-158
- 16. The Chinese in New York (1887–89)
- pp. 159-167
- 20. The Chinese Equal Rights League (1892)
- pp. 195-208
- 22. An Ardent Worker for Justice (1893)
- pp. 221-233
- 23. False Starts (1894–95)
- pp. 235-239
- 24. The American Liberty Party (1896)
- pp. 241-250
- 27. When the World Came to Omaha (1897–98)
- pp. 275-281
- Appendix - Wong Chin Foo’s Published Works
- pp. 297-303
- Glossary and Gazetteer
- pp. 341-345
- Bibliography
- pp. 347-355
Additional Information
ISBN
9789882208438
Related ISBN(s)
9789888139897
MARC Record
OCLC
843532261
Pages
336
Launched on MUSE
2013-06-30
Language
English
Open Access
No