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Immigrant Experience
At America's Gates: Chinese Immigration during the Exclusion Era, 1882–1943 by Erika Lee-
Explores how Chinese exclusion laws not only transformed Chinese American lives, immigration patterns, identities and families but also recast the United States into a "gatekeeping nation."
The Chinese in America: A Narrative History by Iris Chang-
The bestselling author of The Rape of Nanking explores the determination of the Chinese to forge an identity and a destiny in a strange land.
The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings by Amy Tan-
Tan explores the legacy of fate, finding ways to honor the past while creating her own brand of destiny in everyday actions and attitudes.
Sweet Cakes, Long Journey: The Chinatowns of Portland, Oregon by Marie Rose Wong-
Wong chronicles the history of Portland's Chinatowns, the largest (geographically speaking) in all of North America during the early 20th century.
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston-
This is a sensitive account of growing up female and Chinese-American in a California laundry.