Article: Becoming Chinese American: A History of Communities and Institutions.(NEW BOOK TALKS)(Brief article)(Book review)

Article: Making history: conference banquet tribute to Philip P. Choy and ...
Chinese America: History and Perspectives;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... wanted in the field of Chinese American history. They are ... and disseminate Chinese American history They are Philip P. Choy and Him Mark Lai, lifetime members ... University. When Chinese American Studies began at San ...

Article: Him Mark Lai: The People's ...
Chinese America: History and Perspectives;  January 1, 2007 ;     566 words ... ... session with Him Mark Lai's New Book Talk, Becoming Chinese American: A History of Communities ... C SYNOPSIS: Him Mark Lai: The People's ... the world of Him Mark Lai. This project ... extremely accomplished Chinese American scholar, but rather ...

Article: Him Mark Lai; studied Chinese-Americans
The Boston Globe;  June 15, 2009 ;     328 words ...LOS ANGELES - Him Mark Lai, whose groundbreaking scholarship ... was often called the dean of Chinese- American studies, a field that did not ... first university-level course on Chinese-American history in 1969 at what is now ...

Article: Communities see shift to Mandarin from Cantonese; ...
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  December 29, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Chinatowns sprang up across the nation, said Chinese-American historian Him Mark Lai. The Immigration Act of 1965 lifted national ... is driving the 'Mandarinization' of the Chinese-American community is the very strong influx of immigrants ...

Article: Gradual shift from Cantonese to Mandarin reflects changes in ...
AP Worldstream;  December 29, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Chinatowns sprang up across the nation, said Chinese-American historian Him Mark Lai. The Immigration Act of 1965 lifted national ... is driving the 'Mandarinization' of the Chinese-American community is the very strong influx of immigrants ...

Article: Chinese-American scholar to have works digitized
Oakland Tribune;  December 3, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... with books, Him Mark Lai recounts how he became a scholar of Chinese- American history. "I ... managing the Him Mark Lai Digital Archive ... more prolific Chinese-American scholars, who ... goes on in the Chinese- American community. For ... about the Him ...

Article: Becoming Chinese American: A History of Communities ...
The International Migration Review;  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Becoming Chinese American: A History ... By Him Mark Lai. Walnut ... portion of Him Mark Lai's pioneering work on Chinese-American immigration ... volume by Him Mark Lai, the foremost ... authority on Chinese American history ...