03366nam 2200829 a 450 991096364240332120200520144314.09780674045316067404531910.4159/9780674045316(CKB)1000000000786832(SSID)ssj0000102542(PQKBManifestationID)11140684(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000102542(PQKBWorkID)10061540(PQKB)10025966(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(MiAaPQ)EBC3300047(Perlego)1147314(EXLCZ)99100000000078683220041109d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAmericans first Chinese Americans and the Second World War /K. Scott Wong1st ed.Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press2005256 pBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780674016712 0674016718 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 Scott1807515MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910963642403321Americans first4357289UNINA