Download or read book Claiming America written by K. Wong and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 1998-01-09 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating collection of essays that recovers the lives and experiences of individuals who staked their claim to Chinese American identity. The first section of the book focuses on the in-coming immigrants. The second section looks at their children, who deeply felt the contradictions between Chinese and American culture, but attempted to find a balance between the two.