I am a humble (and brand new) grad student at the University of Oklahoma, and we were discussing this very topic in my Transpacific American Lit class. It seems that in analyzing Postmodern minority literature, scholars are starting to look to Twain. I know this is probably of no real help, but it may give you some different avenues to try to research. Jessica Rollins ________________________________________ From: Mark Twain Forum [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Hal Bush [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 9:51 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Twain on China and Chinese Immigrants Hi Randy, I have some stuff on MT and the Chinese in my book, and I know Steve Courtney will have plenty of new material on Twichell's evolving views and social contributions in his biography of JT coming out soon. I did not know of Martin Zehr's work in this area -- is there a book in the near future on this topic, Martin? Harold K. Bush, Ph.D Associate Professor Dept. of English, Saint Louis University St. Louis, MO 63108 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h) <www.slu.edu/colleges/AS/ENG/faculty/hbush.html> Quote of the moment: "Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something." --Henry David Thoreau