(DOWNLOAD) "Asparagus Farming, Family Business, And Immigrant Sensibility: Sam Chang's Life and Writing As a Chinese-American Farmer (1)." by Chinese America: History and Perspectives ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Asparagus Farming, Family Business, And Immigrant Sensibility: Sam Chang's Life and Writing As a Chinese-American Farmer (1).
- Author : Chinese America: History and Perspectives
- Release Date : January 01, 2004
- Genre: Social Science,Books,Nonfiction,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 257 KB
Description
Sam Chang was a well-known Chinese farmer in Southern California. (2) He was born in 1886 in Kaiping County, Guangdong Province, and came to the United States in 1915 on a government mission. After his official business, he stayed and joined his father Yitang Chang in Los Angeles as an immigrant. When Yitang purchased an asparagus farm around 1918, Sam became his manager and farmed it for over 50 years. When Sam passed away in 1988, he left a huge collection of family letters, poems, essays, reflections, and farming notes that covers a period from early 1920 to late 1940s. (3) Like the diary of the legendary Ah Quin in San Diego, Sam's collection is one of the few written documents left by Chinese immigrants. (4) While reflecting many aspects of Chinese-American experience, a significant portion of Sam's writing is about his farming life. Rather than offering us figures on the acreage, stock shares, or net profit of Chinese farmers, Sam's writing reflects aspirations, frustrations, and motivations of early Chinese immigrant farmers. When placed into a larger historical context, his career and writing enable us to see important roles played by Chinese asparagus farmers in Southern California. His writing helps us understand questions like: How did Chinese enter asparagus farming and operate it as a family business? What were their concerns and worries? How did they feel about farming life in America as immigrants? And how did a Chinese farmer view his Chinese and non-Chinese laborers and handle labor relations? Sam's life and writing offers illuminating insight into the subjective meaning of Chinese life in America. FROM A POLICE OFFICER TO A FARMER
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