Family and home are one word--jia--in the Chinese language. Family can be separated and home may be relocated, but jia remains intact. It signifies a system of
In the mid-nineteenth century, Cuba's infamous "coolie" trade brought well over 100,000 Chinese indentured laborers to its shores. Though subjected to abominabl
Numerous studies have documented the transnational experiences and local activities of Chinese immigrants in California and New York in the late nineteenth and
An “immensely readable” journey through modern Chinese history told through the experiences of the author’s extended family (Christian Science Monitor). W
Transnationalism and genealogy is an emerging subfield of genealogy which intersects with other fields. The last two to three decades have witnessed a significa
