内容简介 Bestselling author Iris Chang takes on her largest subject yet in The Chinese in America，the extraor-dinary history of one the fastet-growing ethnic groups in the United States.In an epic story that spans150 years and continues to the present day，Chang tells of a people's search for a better life-the determination of the Chinese to forge an identity and a destiny in a strange land，to help build their adopted country，and，often against great obstacles，to find success. In the course of her narrative，Chang chronicles the many accomplishments in America of Chinese immigrants and their descendants:building the transcontinental railroad，working on southern plantations after the Civil War，fighting racist and exclusionary laws，walking the racial tighrope between black and white，contributiing to major scientific and technological advances，expanding the lit-erary canon，and influencing the way we think about racial and ethnic groups.At the heart of her book are the stories of individuals-the activists，workers，entrepreneurs，politicians，scientists，writers，and families whose lives，struggles，and victories have shaped and been shaped by this history. Interweaving political，social，economic，and cultural history in an engrossing and passionately told account，Iris Chang offesrs a fresh view not only of what it means to be Chinese American，but of what it is to be American.