Dr. Betty Lee Sung is a leading authority on the Chinese in America. Her firstbook, Mountain of Gold, was a pioneer in its field and laid the foundation forAsian American Studies at the City College of New York in 1970. She remainedat the college until her retirement in 1992, having advanced to Chair of thedepartment. In 1994, she completed a database of the Chinese immigrantrecords in the New York Region National Archives. In 1996, she was awardedan honorary doctorate, Doctor of Letters, from the State University of NewYork Old Westbury, where she gave the commencement address. She is activein many organizations and has been honored by the Cosmopolitan Lion’s Club,the Organization of Chinese Americans, the Asian American Higher EducationCouncil, the American Library Association, the Chinese Communities inHouston and Philadelphia, and many others. This is Dr. Sung’s ninth book. Read Less