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Chinese St. Louis: From Enclave to Cultural Community. By Huping Ling. (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004. x, 286 pp. Cloth, $68.50, ISBN 1-59213-038-0. Paper, $22.95, ISBN 1-59213-039-9.)
Chinese St. Louis is a notable and much needed addition to the growing field of Chinese American studies. While the majority of literature on the Chinese immigrant experience focuses on the San Francisco and New York Chinatowns, this book provides the only comprehensive historic account of a Chinese American urban and suburban settlement in the Midwest.
Huping Ling's research provides an extensive review of the literature that examines immigration, migration, and scholarly theories on the levels of assimilation that have been attained by Chinese Americans. Her use of documentation, which includes immigration records, census information, periodical accounts, and oral histories,...