My own parents and grandparents belonged to this group of refugees. As a 25 year old Canadian Born Chinese I am very greatful for Iris's book. a brief history of the Federal agency that created or received the records; the Regional Archives that holds the records; the specific source (usually the local office of a Federal agency) of the records; description(s) of the records including, whenever possible, date span, quantity, system of arrangement, availability and explanation of finding aids, reference to related microfilm publications, and other information useful to researchers. All I ask of the reader is to look past ethnicity and see the shared humanity within us all. Millions of Chinese depended on the rivers for their survival, but one of them, the Yellow River, was known as China's "sorrow" for its unpredictable floods of yellow, muddy water that all too frequently surged beyond the river's course, swirling through or even drowning entire villages. Primarily, the Chinese supplied labor for America's growing industry. In terms of sheer numbers, the majority of Chinese in America probably have no forty-niner ancestors; they are, as I am, either part of later waves or children of those who arrived here more than a century after the gold rush. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. Westerners of the time, when they thought of China, imagined a genteel and exotic land filled with quaint pagodas, curved stone bridges, and lotus blossoms-images popularized by the paintings and poetry and observations of the handful of writers, missionaries, travelers, and merchants who had come there. Did they succeed? }); Meanwhile, such men often ruled their districts like totalitarian despots. 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