Introduction: Chinese immigration to Mexico and the transnational commercial orbit -- The dragon in Big Lusong: Chinese immigration to Mexico and the global Chinese diaspora -- Transnational journeys: transnational contract labor recruitment, smuggling, and familial chain migration -- Gender, interracial marriage, and transnational families -- Employment and community: coolies, merchants, and the Tong wars -- Mexican sinophobia and the anti-Chinese campaigns -- Conclusion: re-envisioning Mestizaje and "Asian-Latino" studies.
