Eurasian: Mixed Identities in the United States, China, and Hong Kong, 1842-1943

by Emma Jinhua Teng

Book Overview

In the second half of the nineteenth century, global labor migration, trade, and overseas study brought China and the United States into close contact, leading to new cross-cultural encounters that brought mixed-race families into being. Yet the stories of these families remain largely unknown. How did interracial families negotiate their identities within these societies when mixed-race marriage was taboo and "Eurasian" often a derisive term?

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520276272
• ISBN13: 9780520276277
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 8.9"