03281nam 2200781 a 450 991077818810332120230207230415.00-674-04531-910.4159/9780674045316(CKB)1000000000786832(SSID)ssj0000102542(PQKBManifestationID)11140684(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000102542(PQKBWorkID)10061540(PQKB)10025966(MiAaPQ)EBC3300047(DE-B1597)457808(OCoLC)1013936075(OCoLC)1029817082(OCoLC)1032677128(OCoLC)1037975471(OCoLC)1041974957(OCoLC)1046614995(OCoLC)1047047705(OCoLC)431347129(OCoLC)979740220(DE-B1597)9780674045316(Au-PeEL)EBL3300047(CaPaEBR)ebr10312752(OCoLC)923108898(EXLCZ)99100000000078683220041109d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAmericans first[electronic resource] Chinese Americans and the Second World War /K. Scott WongCambridge, MA Harvard University Press2005256 pBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-01671-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-242) and index.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 -- IndexWorld 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.Chinese AmericansSocial conditions20th centuryChinese AmericansEthnic identityChinese AmericansCultural assimilationWorld War, 1939-1945Participation, Chinese AmericanWorld War, 1939-1945United StatesWorld War, 1939-1945Social aspectsUnited StatesEthnic relationsChinese AmericansSocial conditionsChinese AmericansEthnic identity.Chinese AmericansCultural assimilation.World War, 1939-1945Participation, Chinese American.World War, 1939-1945World War, 1939-1945Social aspects.940.54/089/951073NQ 5340rvkWong Kevin Scott1462660MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778188103321Americans first3671728UNINA