03326nam 2200661 a 450 991045274210332120200520144314.01-4399-0213-51-4399-0215-1(CKB)2550000001114727(EBL)631703(OCoLC)699510395(SSID)ssj0000457788(PQKBManifestationID)11301520(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000457788(PQKBWorkID)10422818(PQKB)11679906(MiAaPQ)EBC631703(MdBmJHUP)muse13386(Au-PeEL)EBL631703(CaPaEBR)ebr10432127(CaONFJC)MIL514599(EXLCZ)99255000000111472720100622d2011 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrClaiming the oriental gateway[electronic resource] prewar Seattle and Japanese America /Shelley Sang-Hee LeePhiladelphia Temple University Press20111 online resource (273 p.)Asian American history and cultureDescription based upon print version of record.1-4399-0214-3 1-299-83348-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Multiethnic Seattle; 2. Making Seattle ""Cosmopolitan""; 3. Making Local Images for International Eyes: Race, Nationality, and the Seattle Camera Club, 1924-1929; 4. ""Problems of the Pacific"" in ""the Great Crucible of America"" : Public Schools in the 1920's and the 1930's; 5. ""That Splendid Medium of Free Play"" : Japanese American Sports during the Interwar Years; 6. The Eve of War; Epilogue; Notes; Selected Bibliography; IndexIn Claiming the Oriental Gateway, Shelley Sang-Hee Lee explores the various intersections of urbanization, ethnic identity, and internationalism in the experience of Japanese Americans in early twentieth-century Seattle. She examines the development and self-image of the city by documenting how U.S. expansion, Asian trans-Pacific migration, and internationalism were manifested locally-and how these forces affected residents' relationships with one another and their surroundings.Lee details the significant role Japanese Americans-both immigrants and U.S. born citizensAsian American history and culture.Japanese AmericansWashington (State)SeattleHistory20th centuryJapanese AmericansWashington (State)SeattleSocial conditions20th centuryJapanese AmericansCultural assimilationWashington (State)SeattleHistory20th centurySeattle (Wash.)Social conditions20th centurySeattle (Wash.)Race relationsElectronic books.Japanese AmericansHistoryJapanese AmericansSocial conditionsJapanese AmericansCultural assimilationHistory305.894956/0730797Lee Shelley Sang-Hee1975-1032027MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452742103321Claiming the oriental gateway2449650UNINA