This book on the Chinese Americans focuses on such aspects of intergroup relations, community characteristics, social problems, acculturation, racial and social discrimination, and economic opportunities for the ethnic group as: the Chinese diaspora; forerunners of overseas Chinese community organization; Chinese community organization in the United States; the anti-Chinese movement in the U.S., 1785-1910; institutional racism as relating to social discrimination and the legitimation of the ghetto in the period 1910-1943; the beginnings of a Chinese American middle class; social problems and community cooperatives; and, alienation, rebellion, and the new consciousness. A section on discriminatory practices against the Chinese discusses the paucity of women in the community; prostitution, gambling, and drugs; illegal immigration; delayed birth of a second generation; and the consolidation of Chinatown power elites. The sources of Chinese American success, occupations and professions, employment discrimination, and suburban Chinese American communities are dealt with in another section. A final chapter in summary and conclusion focuses on the Chinese in America and sociological theory. (Author/JM)