Background
Chan, Sucheng was born on April 16, 1941 in Peoples Republic of China. Came to the United States, 1957. Daughter of Kock K. and Dora K.W. (Chen) Chan.
("Not Just Victims" contains twelve oral histories based o...)
"Not Just Victims" contains twelve oral histories based on conversations with Cambodian community leaders in eight American cities - Long Beach, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Seattle, Portland, Tacoma, and the Massachusetts towns of Fall River and Lowell. Unlike the dozens of autobiographies published by Cambodians that focus largely on their victimization, these narratives describe how Cambodian refugees have adapted to life in the United States. Sucheng Chan's extensive introduction provides a historical framework; she discusses the civil war (1970-75), the bloody Khmer Rouge revolution (1975-79), the border war during the Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia (1979-89), and the additional travails faced by those who escaped to holding camps in Thailand. The book also includes an essay on oral history and a substantial bibliography.
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(In this clear, comprehensive, and unflinching study, Such...)
In this clear, comprehensive, and unflinching study, Sucheng Chan invites us to follow the saga of Cambodian refugees striving to distance themselves from a series of cataclysmic events in their homeland. "Survivors" track not only the Cambodians' fight for life lives but also their battle for self-definition in new American surroundings. Unparalleled in scope, "Survivors" begins with the Cambodians' experiences under the brutal Khmer Rouge regime, following them through escape to refugee camps in Thailand and finally to the United States, where they try to build new lives in the wake of massive trauma. Their struggle becomes primarily economic as they continue to negotiate new cultures and deal with rapidly changing gender and intergenerational relations within their own families. Poverty, crime, and racial discrimination all leave impact on their experiences in America, and each is examined in depth. Although written as a history, this is a thoroughly multidisciplinary study, and Chan makes use of research from anthropology, sociology, psychology, medicine, social work, linguistics and education. She also captures the perspective of individual Cambodians. Drawing on interviews with more than fifty community leaders, a hundred government officials, and staff members in volunteer agencies, "Survivors" synthesizes the literature on Cambodian refugees, many of whom come from varying socioeconomic backgrounds. A major scholarly achievement, "Survivors" is unique in the Asian American canon for its memorable presentation of cutting-edge research and its interpretation of both sides of the immigration process.
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( In 1882, Congress passed a Chinese exclusion law that b...)
In 1882, Congress passed a Chinese exclusion law that barred the entry of Chinese laborers for ten years. The Chinese thus became the first people to be restricted from immigrating into the United States on the basis of race. Exclusion was renewed in 1892 and 1902 and finally made permanent in 1904. Only in 1943 did Congress rescind all the Chinese exclusion laws as a gesture of goodwill towards China, an ally of the United States during World War II. Entry Denied is a collection of essays on how the Chinese exclusion laws were implemented and how the Chinese as individuals and as a community in the U.S. mobilized to mitigate the restrictions imposed upon them. It is the first book in English to rely on Chinese language sources to explore the exclusion era in Chinese American history.
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(Chinese American Transnationalism considers the many ways...)
Chinese American Transnationalism considers the many ways in which Chinese living in the United States during the exclusion era maintained ties with China through a constant flow of people, economic resources, as well as political and cultural ideas. Continuing the exploration of the exclusion era begun in two previous volumes (Entry Denied and Claiming America), editor Sucheng Chan and the contributors underscore the complexities of the Chinese immigrant experience and the ways in which its contexts changed over the sixty-one year period. The collection's topics (and contributors) include: changing patterns of Chinese immigration and strategies for circumventing exclusion laws (Erika Lee); Chinese trade networks that facilitated Chinese migration (Madeline Hsu); female migration, marriage, and family formation (Sucheng Chan); Chinese herbalists in America (Haiming Liu); the significance of Chinese Americans' economic ties with China (Yong Chen); Chinese American debates about ideological currents in China (Shehong Chen); the role of Chinese-language schools in the United States in promoting ethnic "authenticity" (Him Mark Lai); and two classic autobiographies that reflect an emerging Chinese American consciousness (Xiao-huang Yin).
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(This stimulating anthology examines the experiences of pe...)
This stimulating anthology examines the experiences of peoples of color in western American history. A thematic approach allows students to compare the experiences of different ethnic groups in 15 critical areas, among them work, community, racism, and politics.
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( Based on prodigious research, this book chronicles the ...)
Based on prodigious research, this book chronicles the activities of the thousands of Chinese agricultural pioneers and entrepreneurs who helped make California the nation's premier agricultural state.
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(This volume compiles carefully selected documents and ess...)
This volume compiles carefully selected documents and essays to illuminate the most important controversies in the history of California from the precontact period to the present.
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Chan, Sucheng was born on April 16, 1941 in Peoples Republic of China. Came to the United States, 1957. Daughter of Kock K. and Dora K.W. (Chen) Chan.
She received a bachelor"s degree at Swarthmore College (Economics, 1963), a master"s degree at the University of Hawaii (Asian Studies, 1965), and a Doctor of Philosophy at University of California, Berkeley (Political Science, 1973).
She was the first to chair a Department of Asian American Studies at a major United States. research university and she was the first Asian American woman in the University of California system to hold the title of provost. Now retired from the University of California, Santa Barbara because of the effects of post-polio syndrome, she donated much of her personal library and papers to the University of Minnesota.
(Chinese American Transnationalism considers the many ways...)
(In this clear, comprehensive, and unflinching study, Such...)
( Based on prodigious research, this book chronicles the ...)
(This volume compiles carefully selected documents and ess...)
("Not Just Victims" contains twelve oral histories based o...)
( In 1882, Congress passed a Chinese exclusion law that b...)
(This stimulating anthology examines the experiences of pe...)
(Book by Sucheng Chan)
Member Association Asian American Studies (president 1980-1983, history and social science prize 1988, 91, 98, 2006), American History Association (Louis Knott Koontz prize 1984, Pacific Coast Branch prize 1987), Organization American Historians, Immigration History Society, California History Society (J.S. Holliday prize 1991), Agricultural History Society (Theodore Saloutos prize 1986).
Married Mark K. Juergensmeyer, September 21, 1969.