Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Early Chinese Immigrants, 1852-1904 -- Songs of Gold Mountain Wives -- Norman Asing, To His Excellency Governor Bigler (1852) -- The Founding of Golden Hill's News (1854) -- Sing Kum, Letter by a Chinese Girl (1876) -- Documents of the Chinese Six CompaniesPertaining to Immigration -- The Second Exhumation and Return of the Remainsof Our Departed Friends to the Homeland (1876) -- Wen Bing Chung, Reminiscences of a Pioneer Student (1923) -- Wong Hau-hon, Reminiscences of anOld Chinese Railroad Worker (1926) -- Huang Zunxian, Memorandum No. 29 to Envoy Zheng (1882) -- Memorial of Chinese Laborers atRock Springs, Wyoming (1885) -- Saum Song Bo, A Chinese View of the Statue of Liberty (1885) -- Huie Kin, Reminiscences of an Early Chinese Minister (1932) -- Bow On Guk (Protective Bureau) (1887) -- Wong Chin Foo, Why Am I a Heathen? (1887) -- Yan Phou Lee, Why I Am Not a Heathen:A Rejoinder to Wong Chin Foo (1887) -- Jee Gam, The Geary Act: From the Standpoint of a Christian Chinese(1892) -- Elizabeth Wong, Leaves from the Life History of a Chinese Immigrant(1936) -- Kam Wah Chung Letters (1898-1903) -- Part II: Life under Exclusion, 1904-1943 -- Ng Poon Chew, The Treatment of the Exempt Classes of Chinesein the U.S. (1908) -- Detention in the Wooden Building (1910) -- Chin Gee Hee, Letter Asking for Supportto Build the Sunning Railroad (1911) -- Chinese-American Citizens' Alliance, Admissionof Wives of American Citizens of Oriental Ancestry (1926) -- Gong Yuen Tim, "Just plain old luck and good timing":Reminiscences of a Gold Mountain Man (1988) -- Helen Hong Wong, "I was the only Chinese woman in town":Reminiscences of a Gold Mountain Woman (1982) -- Pardee Lowe, Second-Generation Dilemmas (1930s) -- Anna May Wong, I Am Growing More Chinese-Each Passing Year! (1934).

Declaration of the Chinese Hand Laundry Alliance (1933) -- Chinese Women's Association Condensed Reportfor the Years 1932-1936 -- Happy Lim, Song of Chinese Workers (1938) -- Lim P. Lee, Chinatown Goes Picketing (1938) -- Liu Liangmo, Paul Robeson: The People's Singer (1950) -- Jew Baak Ming, The Founding ofMcGehee Chinese School (1944) -- Eddie Fung, "There but for the grace of God go I":The Story of a POW Survivor in World War II (2002) -- Gilbert Woo, One Hundred and Seven Chinese (1943) -- Part III: Becoming an Integral Part of America,1943-2003 -- Chinese News Service, San Francisco Chinese Papers BlameImmigration Practices in Suicide of Chinese Woman (1948) -- Eddie Gong, I Want to Marry an American Girl (1955) -- Hsue-shen Tsien, My Bitter Experiencein the United States (1956) -- Maurice Chuck, Father and Son (1995) -- Ah Quon McElrath, "We gave workers a sense of dignity":The Story of a Union Social Worker (1982) -- Sheila Chin Morris, "All the daddies were Chinese and all the mommieswere white": Growing Up Biracial in Minnesota (2002) -- Bonnie C. Lew, "I always felt out of place there":Growing Up Chinese in Mississippi (1982) -- Johnny Wong, "It was not a winnable war":Remembering Vietnam (1998) -- Jeffery Paul Chan, "I'm a Chinaman":An Interview with Frank Chin (1970) -- L. Ling-chi Wang, Major Education ProblemsFacing the Chinese Community (1972) -- On the Normalization of Relations between China and the U.S. -- Sadie Lum, Asian American Women and Revolution:A Personal View (1983) -- Shui Mak Ka, "In unity there is strength":Garment Worker Speaks Out at Union Rally (1982) -- Kitty Tsui, The Words of a Woman Who Breathes Fire (1983) -- Anti-Asian Violence and the Vincent Chin Case -- Lily Wang, A Journey of Bitterness (1999) -- Fu Lee, Immigrant Women Speak Outon Garment Industry Abuse (1993) -- Jubilee Lau, Chinese and Proud of It (1996).

Marilee Chang Lin, Learning to See the Man Himself (1997) -- Ellen D. Wu, The Best Tofu in theWorld Comes from . . . Indiana? (1998) -- Binh Ha Hong, Reflections on Becoming American (1999) -- Chang-Lin Tien, Affirming Affirmative Action (1995) -- Alethea Yip, Countering Complacency:An Interview with OCA Director Daphne Kwok (1996) -- "One mile, one hundred years":Governor Gary Locke's Inaugural Address (1997) -- Kristie Wang, A Second-Generation Call to Action (1999) -- Cheuk-Yin Wong, The Los Alamos Incidentand Its Effects on Chinese American Scientists (2000) -- David Ho, "We are Americans":The Story behind Time Magazine's Man of the Year (2003) -- Chronology of Chinese American History -- Chinese Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.