The Lucky Ones One Family and the Extraordinary Invention of Chinese America (Audible Audio Edition) Mae M Ngai Angela Lin Audible Studios Books
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If you're Irish American or African American or Eastern European Jewish American, there's a rich literature to give you a sense of your family's arrival-in-America story. Until now, that hasn't been the case for Chinese Americans. From noted historian Mae Ngai, The Lucky Ones uncovers the three-generational saga of the Tape family. It's a sweeping story centered on patriarch Jeu Dips' (Joseph Tapes') self-invention as an immigration broker in post-gold rush, racially explosive San Francisco, and the extraordinary rise it enables. Ngai's portrayal of the Tapes as the first of a brand-new social type - middle-class Chinese Americans, with touring cars, hunting dogs, and society weddings to broadcast it - will astonish.
Again and again, Tape family history illuminates American history. Seven-year-old Mamie Tape attempts to integrate California schools, resulting in the landmark 1885 Tape v. Hurley case. The family's intimate involvement in the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair reveals how the Chinese American culture brokers essentially invented Chinatown (and so Chinese culture) for American audiences. Finally, Mae Ngai reveals aspects - timely, haunting, and hopeful - of the lasting legacy of the immigrant experience for all Americans.
The Lucky Ones One Family and the Extraordinary Invention of Chinese America (Audible Audio Edition) Mae M Ngai Angela Lin Audible Studios Books
Swimming upstream is the fate of any new immigrant and especially to those of colour. Ambition is one thing, but how you achieve "success" is another. The Tape family had the advantage of being early immigrants to California and they took full advantage of their "luck". The only ethical system at work seems to be centered around the family unit. Getting ahead and making "good" business decisions still rings true in much of the U.S. and now in mainland China. I don't know if it builds a stronger society or nation though.Ngai at times mentions certain photographs in detail, but does not reproduce them in the book(!)
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The Lucky Ones One Family and the Extraordinary Invention of Chinese America (Audible Audio Edition) Mae M Ngai Angela Lin Audible Studios Books Reviews
The Lucky Ones is essentially a historical account of the Chinese Americans in California. The book features one family in particular, the Tapes of Russell Street in San Francisco who were among the first middle class Chinese American families in that area. If you are not familiar with the history of California, Chinese labours came to this state firstly during the gold rush in the 1840's as a cheap, abundant source of labour. However when the gold rush era panned out, large numbers began to come into the state around the 1860's to work on the transcontinental railroad. The fact that their labour was cheap angered the Occidental population and led to discriminatory laws against the Chinese well into the turn of the twentieth century. It is under this climate that the Tapes, Joseph and Mary lived in California.
Ngai has done a great job telling the story of this family. It is not so much analysis as it is a narration of the family's life, their battle against segregation in education and how they retained or in some instances assimilated there culture with that of America. The author used mostly family photos and official documentation to reconstruct their lives, the former can be found throughout the book.
At 304 pages, this book is not a light read and may be mostly suited to history buffs like myself yet the content of the book gives you a story not just about this family but about Chinese (and Japanese) Americans during the late eighteenth and nineteenth century and more importantly the development and growth of one of the most populated states in America, California.
Great book
Although the lack of sources such as letters and diaries forces Ngai to much speculation in this family history, she brings a deep knowledge of the historical context to the task and reconstructs a fascinating story. Highly recommended to anyone interested in the immigrant experience in America.
I don't understand who "the lucky ones" were Certainly not the Tape family members individually, or as a whole ... Maybe the "lucky" ones were the Chinese and other immigrants who came to America after them, but they were able to come because of the demise of discrimination and exclusion laws which were broken down in the years following World War II. Nevertheless, the story of the Tape family is one I have not read before and was somewhat interesting. There are so many other books chronicling individuals and families through recent Chinese-American history that are so much more thorough and meaningful. I don't really understand the point of this book ...
I have read a lot about the Asian experience in the 19th and 20th centuries and this one is set mainly in northern Californian cities where I grew up so I was looking forward to it, but after reading such good reviews of this book, I am sorry to say how disappointed I was. Maybe I missed something that other readers saw ... For one thing, there was a complete lack of interviews, or journals, or letters, or any sort of personal information; hence, the author had to infer from questionable public records and a few family photos ...
The very best of the many other books on the same subject include Lisa See's book ON GOLD MOUNTAIN about her family and THE CONCUBINE'S CHILDREN by Denise Chong, a truly amazing story.
It reads like a novel, but it's pure history too. Professor Ngai takes you into the world of
the first members of the Chinese middle class in America. It's a love story and a family saga and
a history lesson all rolled into one compulsively readable package. I've read it more than once.
It just gets better.
I had to read this book for class. It has a story narrative. I had to write a book response on it. It was easy to get through but some parts were harder to understand. There was pictures in the book. I am a history major so I have to read a lot of history books for university. It was a more of a serious book.
Swimming upstream is the fate of any new immigrant and especially to those of colour. Ambition is one thing, but how you achieve "success" is another. The Tape family had the advantage of being early immigrants to California and they took full advantage of their "luck". The only ethical system at work seems to be centered around the family unit. Getting ahead and making "good" business decisions still rings true in much of the U.S. and now in mainland China. I don't know if it builds a stronger society or nation though.
Ngai at times mentions certain photographs in detail, but does not reproduce them in the book(!)
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