Plea and protest: the voices of early Chinese immigrants -- Writing of "Cultivated Chinese" : improving an image to win sympathy and acceptance -- Voice of a Eurasian: Sui Sin Far and Her writing -- Seeking a place in American life: the autobiographical writing of second-generation Chinese -- What's in a name: Chinese-language literature in America -- Immigration blues: themes and subject matter in Chinese language literature since the 1960s -- Multiple voices and the "War of Words": contemporary Chinese American literature

1. American literature -- Chinese American authors -- History and criticism
2. American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
3. American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
4. American literature -- Chinese influences
5. Chinese Americans -- Intellectual life
6. Chinese Americans in literature