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Him Mark Lai, autobiography of a Chinese American historian, edited by Judy Yung with Ruthanne Lum McCunn and Russell C. Leong ; forward by John Kuo Wei Tchen

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Him Mark Lai, autobiography of a Chinese American historian, edited by Judy Yung with Ruthanne Lum McCunn and Russell C. Leong ; forward by John Kuo Wei Tchen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

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autobiography

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Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Him Mark Lai

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

761942486

Responsibility statement

edited by Judy Yung with Ruthanne Lum McCunn and Russell C. Leong ; forward by John Kuo Wei Tchen

Sub title

autobiography of a Chinese American historian

Summary

"In his own words, Him Mark Lai, the renowned Dean of Chinese American History, shares the moving story of his life, beginning with his childhood through his career as an engineer to his evolution as community activist and historian. He also provides an intimate portrait of a San Francisco Chinatown family and community developments from the Great Depression of the 1930s to the McCarthy era of the 1950s, through the Asian American Studies Movement of the 1970s, to the present...According to U.C. Berkeley's Professor Ling-chi Wang, Him Mark Lai's rescue, collecting, cataloguing, preservation, and sharing of historical sources in both Chinese and English opened the field of Chinese American history to scholars and researchers in the U.S. and across the Pacific"--p. [4] of cover

Table Of Contents

Part One: Origins -- The Maak lineage -- Father's childhood -- Short sojourn in singapore -- Maak becomes Lai -- Return to China and marriage -- Taking root in America -- Additions to the family -- Part Two: Childhood -- Home at 1030 Grant Avenue -- The neighborhood -- The Great Depression -- Chinese school -- Public school -- Part Three: Adulthood -- College days -- A career in engineering -- Progressive friends -- Mun ching and marriage -- Part Four: Historian -- Chinese Amercan consciousness -- Teaching Chinese American history -- Researching Chinese American history -- Trans-Pacific links -- Full-time historian -- A traveling scholar -- Epilogue: History yet to be written -- Appendix 1: Origins of the clan name Maak -- Appendix 2: Geographical origins of our ancestral village -- Appendix 3: The other branch of the Maak Family in China -- Endnotes -- Bibliography of published writings -- Online resources -- Awards and honors

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