LEADER 03315nam 2200793 a 450 001 9910454943403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-04531-9 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674045316 035 $a(CKB)1000000000786832 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000102542 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11140684 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000102542 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10061540 035 $a(PQKB)10025966 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300047 035 $a(DE-B1597)457808 035 $a(OCoLC)1013936075 035 $a(OCoLC)1029817082 035 $a(OCoLC)1032677128 035 $a(OCoLC)1037975471 035 $a(OCoLC)1041974957 035 $a(OCoLC)1046614995 035 $a(OCoLC)1047047705 035 $a(OCoLC)431347129 035 $a(OCoLC)979740220 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674045316 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300047 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10312752 035 $a(OCoLC)923108898 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000786832 100 $a20041109d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmericans first$b[electronic resource] $eChinese Americans and the Second World War /$fK. Scott Wong 210 $aCambridge, MA $cHarvard University Press$d2005 215 $a256 p 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-674-01671-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [217]-242) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. Chinese America before the War -- $t2. Chinatown Goes to War -- $t3. The "Good Asian" in the "Good War" -- $t4. Hawai'i's Local Warriors -- $t5. The Fourteenth Air Service Group -- $t6. Into the Mainstream -- $tAppendix. Notes. Acknowledgments. Index -- $tAppendix: Employment Tables -- $tNotes -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIndex 330 $aWorld 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. 606 $aChinese Americans$xSocial conditions$y20th century 606 $aChinese Americans$xEthnic identity 606 $aChinese Americans$xCultural assimilation 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xParticipation, Chinese American 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zUnited States 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xSocial aspects 607 $aUnited States$xEthnic relations 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aChinese Americans$xSocial conditions 615 0$aChinese Americans$xEthnic identity. 615 0$aChinese Americans$xCultural assimilation. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xParticipation, Chinese American. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xSocial aspects. 676 $a940.54/089/951073 686 $aNQ 5340$2rvk 700 $aWong$b Kevin Scott$01049363 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454943403321 996 $aAmericans first$92478304 997 $aUNINA