chinese americans

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chinese americans

Chinese New Year

1997
Text and photographs depict the celebration of Chinese New Year by Chinese Americans living in San Francisco's Chinatown.

It's crazy to stay Chinese in Minnesota

1978
A seventeen-year-old Chinese American in Minnesota and her family tread a balance between the Far East and Middle West.

China boy

a novel
1991
Tells the story of a Chinese American family's relationship while relating how Kai Ting learned to survive in a black San Francisco slum in the 1950s.

The Chinese in America

1972
Discusses reasons for immigration of the Chinese to the United States, their problems here, and their contributions to American life.

Chinese Americans

2009
Presents a short history of the Chinese immigrant experience in the U.S., with brief biographies of various Chinese Americans, including physicist Daniel C. Tsui, author Amy Tan, musician Yo-Yo Ma, and actress Lucy Liu.

Michelle Kwan

2001
Traces the personal life and career of the world-champion figure skater.

Good fortune

my journey to Gold Mountain
2008
Li Keng Wong shares the story of her experiences, along with her family, moving from China to California in the 1930s.

The case of the Goblin Pearls

1998
Lily and her aunt, a Chinese American movie actress, join forces to solve the theft of some priceless pearls and stop the operator of a sweatshop in San Francisco's Chinatown.

The amah

1999
Twelve-year-old Amy finds her family responsibilities growing and interfering with her ballet practice when her mother takes a job outside the home.

Child of the owl

1978
A twelve-year-old girl who knows little about her Chinese heritage is sent to live with her grandmother in San Francisco's Chinatown.

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