Wong Chin Foo Chronology

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. A Note on Romanization and Chinese Names xix
6. Wong Chin Foo Chronology xxi
7. Dramatis Personae  xxvii
8. 1. The Arid Land of Heathenism (1847–67) 1
9. 2. An Abbreviated American Education (1868–70) 15
10. 3. The Timber from Which Conspirators Are Made (1871–72) 27
11. 4. Soiled Doves (1873–74) 39
12. 5. A Hare-Brained, Half-Crazy Man (1873–74) 49
13. 6. America’s First Confucian Missionary (1874) 55
14. 7. A Most Delightful Dish of Chow Chow (1875–79) 63
15. 8. A Terror to the Chinese Community (1879–82) 77
16. 9. The Chinese American (1883) 89
17. 10. Wiping Out the Stain (1883–85) 101
18. 11. I Shall Drive Him Back to His Sand Lots (1883) 111
19. 12. Pigtails in Politics (1884–86) 119
20. 13. Chop Suey (1884–86) 125
21. 14. Why Am I a Heathen? (1887) 135
22. 15. Fifty Cents a Pound (1887) 149
23. 16. The Chinese in New York (1887–89) 159
24. 17. I Have Always Been a Republican (1888–89) 169
25. 18. I’ll Cut Your Head Off If You Write Such Things (1888–91) 177
26. 19. The Only New Yorker Without a Country (1891) 187
27. 20. The Chinese Equal Rights League (1892) 195
28. 21. Is It Then a Crime to Be a Chinaman? (1893) 209
29. 22. An Ardent Worker for Justice (1893) 221
30. 23. False Starts (1894–95) 235
31. 24. The American Liberty Party (1896) 241
32. 25. A Letter from My Friends in America (1894–97) 251
33. 26. Citizenship for Americanized Chinese (1897) 261
34. 27. When the World Came to Omaha (1897–98) 275
35. 28. I Do Not Like Chinese Ways, Nor Chinamen Any More (1898) 283
36. Afterword 289
37. Appendix: Wong Chin Foo’s Published Works 297
38. Notes 305
39. Glossary and Gazetteer 341
40. Bibliography 347
41. Index 357