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26 relations: Alaska, Alfred A. Knopf, Angel Island Immigration Station, Anti-Chinese sentiment in the United States, China Joe, Chinaman (term), Cuba, Elaine H. Kim, Ellis Island, Gold Mountain (toponym), Green Swamp (Florida), Hina (goddess), Imperial examination, John Chinaman, Li Sao, Mandarin (bureaucrat), Manila, Maxine Hong Kingston, Māui (mythology), National Book Award for Nonfiction, National Book Foundation, Qu Yuan, Robinson Crusoe, Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Taiwan, The Woman Warrior.
Alaska
Alaska (Alax̂sxax̂) is a U.S. state located in the northwest extremity of North America.
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Alfred A. Knopf
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. is a New York publishing house that was founded by Alfred A. Knopf Sr. and Blanche Knopf in 1915.
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Angel Island Immigration Station
Angel Island Immigration Station was an immigration station located in San Francisco Bay which operated from January 21, 1910 to November 5, 1940, where immigrants entering the United States were detained and interrogated.
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Anti-Chinese sentiment in the United States
Anti-Chinese sentiment in the United States has existed since the late 18th century.
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China Joe
China Joe (1834 - May 17/18, 1917, also nicknamed Joe the BakerDeArmond, R. N.. The Founding of Juneau. 1967.) was a Chinese American merchant who worked in Alaska during its gold-mining boom days in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Chinaman (term)
Chinaman is a contentious English language term that denotes a Chinese man or person, or as a Chinese national, or, in some cases, an indiscriminate term for a person native to geographical East Asia or of perceived East Asian race.
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Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is a country comprising the island of Cuba as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos.
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Elaine H. Kim
Elaine H. Kim is an award-winning writer, editor and professor in Asian American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Ellis Island
Ellis Island, in Upper New York Bay, was the gateway for over 12 million immigrants to the U.S. as the United States' busiest immigrant inspection station for over 60 years from 1892 until 1954.
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Gold Mountain (toponym)
Gold Mountain ("Gam Saan" in Cantonese, often rendered in English as Gum Shan or Gumshan) is a commonly used nickname for San Francisco, California, and historically used broadly by Chinese to refer to western regions of North America, including British Columbia, Canada.
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Green Swamp (Florida)
The Green Swamp is a swamp in Florida.
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Hina (goddess)
Hina is the Eastern Polynesian variant for the given name Sina.
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Imperial examination
The Chinese imperial examinations were a civil service examination system in Imperial China to select candidates for the state bureaucracy.
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John Chinaman
John Chinaman was a stock caricature of a Chinese laborer seen in cartoons of the 19th century.
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Li Sao
"Li Sao" is a Chinese poem dating from the Warring States period of ancient China.
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Mandarin (bureaucrat)
A mandarin (Chinese: 官 guān) was a bureaucrat scholar in the government of imperial China and Vietnam.
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Manila
Manila (Maynilà, or), officially the City of Manila (Lungsod ng Maynilà), is the capital of the Philippines and the most densely populated city proper in the world.
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Maxine Hong Kingston
Maxine Hong Kingston (born Maxine Ting Ting Hong;Huntley, E. D. (2001). Maxine Hong Kingston: A Critical Companion. p. 1. October 27, 1940) is a Chinese American author and Professor Emerita at the University of California, Berkeley, where she graduated with a BA in English in 1962.
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Māui (mythology)
Māui (Maui) is the great culture hero and trickster in Polynesian mythology.
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National Book Award for Nonfiction
The National Book Award for Nonfiction is one of four annual National Book Awards, which are given by the National Book Foundation to recognize outstanding literary work by U.S. citizens.
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National Book Foundation
The National Book Foundation (NBF) is an American nonprofit organization established "to raise the cultural appreciation of great writing in America".
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Qu Yuan
Qu Yuan (–278 BC) was a Chinese poet and minister who lived during the Warring States period of ancient China.
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Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on 25 April 1719.
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Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
The Sierra Nevada (snowy saw range) is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin.
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Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a state in East Asia.
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The Woman Warrior
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts is a book written by Chinese American author Maxine Hong Kingston and published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1976.
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