ESPM 50AC Lecture 20: ESPM 11-2 notes
3 Nov 2016
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Gold mountain dreams: opposite immigration: ca chinese in their 20s visit. They say past is painful for their ancestors and some ancestors might hide their story. In the us in 19th century, americans pay money to see chinese family as if they are native habitat wild life. Pai(cid:374)ti(cid:374)g sho(cid:449) aristo(cid:272)rat chi(cid:374)ese. (cid:862)chi(cid:374)ese opiu(cid:373) (cid:272)urse(cid:863) is a(cid:374) i(cid:373)age of chi(cid:374)ese going back and forth. 3 boys became missionary as they sat in a church, they became the center of attention. American and california law was unclear as to who can immigrate so nobody stopped asian from being a us citizen. American suspect chinese people are non-loyal to the us. Young men obligation to village is the reason why they travelled oversea. Wong village and ma village (family clan village) have rivalry. It s i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t that you(cid:374)g (cid:373)e(cid:374) (cid:373)arry (cid:271)efore lea(cid:448)i(cid:374)g gua(cid:374)gdo(cid:374)g, ha(cid:448)i(cid:374)g a (cid:449)ife a(cid:374)d children provide an incentive for them to come back.
