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The Transnational History of a Chinese Family: Immigrant Letters, Family Business, and Reverse Migration. By Haiming Liu. (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2005. xvi, 257 pp. Cloth, $62.00, ISBN 0-8135-3596-4. Paper, $23.95, ISBN 0-8135-3597-2.)
Through the letters and writings of and to Sam Chang, records from the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the United States, and family documents, the history of the Chang family from Kaiping County, Guangdong province, China is revealed. In 1900, leaving his wife and children behind, father Yitang Chang came to the United States and opened a successful herbal business that catered to non-Asian clients in Los Angeles, California. In 1910, he married his second wife and began a second family. Because of his success, he was able to sponsor relatives and...