The Chinese in America: A History from Gold Mountain to the New Millennium

Cassel's volume traces the history of the experience of Chinese immigrants to America. The recent extraordinary tragedy of Wen Ho Lee regarding accusations at the nuclear facility at Los Alamos point to an ongoing systemic and institutionalized racism in American society. The contributors to this volume review how the Chinese in America have alternately been courted as "model workers" by American business but also perceived as perpetual foreigners. These two opposing threads are examined in this…