Why read Eurasian?

Book cover of Eurasian: Mixed Identities in the United States, China, and Hong Kong, 1842–1943

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In the second half of the nineteenth century, global labor migration, trade, and overseas study brought China and the United States into close contact, leading to new cross-cultural encounters that brought mixed-race families into being. Yet the stories of these families remain largely unknown. How did interracial families negotiate their…

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1 author picked Eurasian as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Julia Schiavone Camacho

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Taking a transnational frame and drawing on English- and Chinese-language sources by and about Eurasians, this book uses juxtaposition to bring different perspectives to bear on each other. People’s lives, the choices they make amid various external limitations, are at the heart. The book takes a unique structural approach, with a prologue before each main chapter that describes a central story and helps ground and guide the larger narrative. In exploring interracial marriages and the lives of couples and children, the work shows how Eurasians have been producers of knowledge. Through highly diverse sources from the era, the author demonstrates…

From Julia's list on The best books about Asian diasporas in the Americas that feature personal or family stories.