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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778188103321

Autore

Wong Kevin Scott

Titolo

Americans first [[electronic resource] ] : Chinese Americans and the Second World War / / K. Scott Wong

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2005

ISBN

0-674-04531-9

Descrizione fisica

256 p

Classificazione

NQ 5340

Disciplina

940.54/089/951073

Soggetti

Chinese Americans - Social conditions - 20th century

Chinese Americans - Ethnic identity

Chinese Americans - Cultural assimilation

World War, 1939-1945 - Participation, Chinese American

World War, 1939-1945 - United States

World War, 1939-1945 - Social aspects

United States Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-242) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Chinese America before the War -- 2. Chinatown Goes to War -- 3. The "Good Asian" in the "Good War" -- 4. Hawai'i's Local Warriors -- 5. The Fourteenth Air Service Group -- 6. Into the Mainstream -- Appendix. Notes. Acknowledgments. Index -- Appendix: Employment Tables -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

World War II was a watershed event for many of America's minorities, but its impact on Chinese Americans has been largely ignored. Utilizing extensive archival research as well as oral histories and letters from over one hundred informants, Wong explores how Chinese Americans carved a newly respected and secure place for themselves in American society during the war years.