Becoming American. The Chinese Experience
Description
What does it mean to become American? What is lost and what is gained in the process? In interviews with historians, descendants, and recent immigrants, this set of powerful Bill Moyers documentaries explores these questions through the dramatic experience of the Chinese in America. Includes Gold Mountain Dreams, Between Two Worlds, and No Turning Back.
Runtime
254 min
Subjects
- Chinese (31)
- Emigration and immigration (79)
- Sociology (1145)
- Racism (548)
- Chinese Americans (23)
- Asian Americans (59)
- Ethnicity (289)
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
[2012], c2003
Database
Films on Demand
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