Introduction 1
Chapter One：Sociological Frameworks ofthe Assimilation Model 13
A The Melting Pot Assumptions 13
B．Criticisms from the Alternative of Pluralism 17
C．Conceptualization ofAssimilation 23
Chapter Two：Other Conceptual Issues Surrounding Assimilation 29
an implication of cultural and structural theories 41
Chapter Three：Historical Background of Chinese Arrival and Demographic Distribution （1850-1900） 41
A．Entry Channel 41
B．Entry Motivations 42
C．Legislative History 43
D．Occupational Adjustment 46
E．Residential Development 49
Chapter Four：Institutionalization of the Chinese Community（1850-1900） 53
A．Control by the Merchant Elites 53
B．Struggle From the Proletariats 55
C．The Chinese Six Companies（CCBA） 57
Chapter Five：Interethnic Contact and Attitude Toward Chinese Sojourners 61
A．Factors Leading to Sinophobia 61
B．Negative Stereotypes of a Bachelors’Society 62
C．Chinese Women in America 66
Chapter Six：The Chinese Arrival in a Socio-political Context 69
A．Impact upon the U.S.Colonial Capitalism 69
B．Impact upon the Frontier Economy 72
C．The Upsurge of Racism and Its impact on the Concept of Melting Pot 78
Chapter Seven：Historical Background of the Chinese in America（1900-1990） 85
A．Legislations Governing the Chinese Entry 85
B．The Illegal Entry in the Early Twentieth Century 86
C．Chinatowns Before 1943 88
D．Citizenship 90
E．The Student-intellectual Group 91
Chapter Eight：Demographic Composition Before the Seventies 93
A．Geographical Distribution 93
B．Sex Ratio 94
C．Marital Status 95
D．Fertility 95
E．Nativity 96
F．Occupations in Transition 97
G Residential Mobility 103
Chapter Nine：The Chinese Under the Asian Category in a Broader Perspective of the U．S．Immigration Policy（1900-1968） 105
Chapter Ten：The Chinese Community in Transition 117
A．The Chinese Immigrant Family 117
B．The New Orientation of Chinatown Organizations 120
C．Chinatowns After 1970 124
Chapter Eleven：Problems Encountered in Acculturation During the First Stage of Assimilation Before the Seventies（Ⅰ） 129
A．Language and Cultural Conflict 129
B．Religion and Cultural Conflict 131
C．Childrearing and Socialization Style 134
Chapter Twelve：Problems Encountered in Acculturation During the First Stage of Assimilation Before the Seventies （Ⅱ） 141
D．Intergenerational Estrangement 141
E．Juvenile Delinquency and Marginalization 143
F．Family Disorganization and Community Restructuring 146
Chapter Thirteen：Economic Mobility as a Dimension of Structural Assimilation：The Socio-economic Profile of Chinese Americans in Comparison With Other Ethnic Groups（U.S.census data as of 1980 and 1990） 151
Chapter Fourteen：A Comparison Between Asians and Blacks in the United States in seeking an explanation 161
Chapter Fifteen：Accommodation of Conjugal Relations and Attitudes Toward Interracial Marriage as Indicators of the Last Stage of Assimilation 175
A．Sex Role and Matrimonial Attitudes 175
B．Conjugal Accommodation 180
C．Interracial Marriage of Chinese Americans in Comparison With Other Ethnic Group 185
Conclusion：A Note on the Assimilation Model in the Context of Racism 189
References 209