Ah Dai Comes to Hawaii [microform] : The Story of a Chinese Immigrant Woman / Dai Sen Kam and Others
- Bib ID:
- 5367812
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Kam, Dai Sen
- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1975
- 27 p.
- Summary:
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The story presented in this booklet is concerned with the life of an eighty year old Chinese immigrant woman living in Hawaii. The narration provides a brief overview of the woman's birth, childhood, early adulthood in China, and immigration to Hawaii. Her life in Hawaii is described in terms of the work she did, her arranged marriage, her attitudes toward her daughter's marriage and separation, her relationship with her grandchildren, her leisure activities, and her attempts to become an American citizen. A glossary of Chinese terms used in the English text is provided. (EB)
- Notes:
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- Sponsoring Agency: Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC.
- Contract Number: OEG-0-74-9162.
- ERIC Note: For related documents, see UD 019 434-446; Not available in hard copy due to marginal legibility of photographs and Chinese characters in the original document; Some pages (photographs and Chinese characters) have been deleted.
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. Ethnic Resource Center for the Pacific
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1975
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