TABLE OF CONTENTS: Preface to the Paperback Edition viii
Author's Note x
Tape Family Tree xiv
Maps xv Part I : Strivings (1864-1883)
1. The Lucky One 3
2. The First Rescue 14
3. Joseph and Mary 24
Part II : School Days (1884-1894)
4. "That Chinese Girl" 43
5. Chinatown's Frontier 58 Part III: Native Sons and Daughters (1895-1904)
6. Suburban Squire 71
7. Two Marriages 83
8. The Chinese Village 95
Part IV: The Interpreter Class (1905-1917)
9. Blood and Fire 119
10. In Pursuit of Smugglers 135
11. Modern Life 150
12. The Trial 161
13. "Sailors Should Go Ashore" 173 Part V : Reinventions (1917-1950)
14. The New Daughter-in-Law 189
15. Loss 201
16. Service 207
Epilogue 223
Glossary of Chinese Names 231
Acknowledgments 233
Notes 235
Appendix: Documents from the Chinese Exclusion Era 277
Index 315 Return to Book Description File created: 4/25/2013 | 
