The Chinese people created one of the greatest civilizations of the world. Great Art and Architecture, Advanced Science and Medicine, Profound Philosophy and Religion. But when they immigrated to the United States, they were strangers in a strange land. There story here is a remarkable courage and inspiring achievement, in spite of tremendous hardship and prejudice. In the process of overcoming these hardships and intense racism, Chinese-Americans helped build America's railroads, fought for freedom in America's wars, created their own institutions, introduced mainstream Americans to new forms of art and health, and finally in an unprecedented manner, contributed to the greater American economy, through remarkable entrepreneurial enterprises. This little-known story of Chinese-Americans is revealed in A History of Chinese-American Achievement in the United States.