Format:
Book
Title:
Citizens of Asian America : democracy and race during the Cold War / Cindy I-Fen Cheng.
Author:
Cheng, Cindy I-Fen.
Call Number:
305.895073 CHENG
Publisher, Date:
New York : New York University Press, [2013]
©2013.
Description:
xii, 273 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Series:
Nation of newcomers : immigrant history as American history
Subjects:
Asian Americans -- History -- 20th century.
Asian Americans -- Ethnic identity.
Asian Americans -- Cultural assimilation.
Asian Americans -- Civil rights.
Cold War -- Social aspects -- United States.
United States -- Social conditions -- 1945-
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Contents:
Introduction : Asian American racial formation and the image of American democracy -- Legislating nonwhite crossings into white suburbia -- Living in the suburbs, becoming Americans -- Asian American firsts and the progress toward racial integration -- McCarran Act persecutions and the fight for alien rights -- Advancing racial equality and internationalism through immigration reform -- Conclusion : Cold War America and the appeal to see past race.
ISBN:
9780814759356 (cl : alk. paper)
0814759351 (cl : alk. paper)