LEADER 04343nam 2200733Ia 450 001 9910806911003321 005 20240418130721.0 010 $a1-281-22413-8 010 $a0-226-95929-5 010 $a9786611224134 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226959290 035 $a(CKB)1000000000403558 035 $a(EBL)408390 035 $a(OCoLC)476228811 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000214628 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11185149 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000214628 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10167351 035 $a(PQKB)10920862 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC408390 035 $a(DE-B1597)535508 035 $a(OCoLC)781254493 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226959290 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL408390 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10216928 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL122413 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000403558 100 $a19961023d1997 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOn my own $eKorean businesses and race relations in America /$fIn-Jin Yoon 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d1997 215 $a1 online resource (290 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-226-95928-7 311 0 $a0-226-95927-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 253-270) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tIntroduction --$tOne. The State of Immigrant and Ethnic Entrepreneurship in America --$tTwo. The Social Origins of Korean Immigration to the United States, 1903 to the Present --$tThree. Class, Family, and Ethnicity in Korean Immigrant Entrepreneurship --$tFour. Who Is My Neighbor? : Korean-Black Relations in Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York City --$tFive. Conclusion --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aThe Los Angeles riots shattered Korean immigrants' naïve belief in the American dream. As many as 2,300 Korean shopkeepers lost their lifetime investments in one day. Korean immigrants had struggled for years to become economically independent through small businesses of their own. However, the riots made them realize how fragile their economic base is because their businesses are dependent on the impoverished, oppressed, and rebellious classes. In On My Own, In-Jin Yoon combines an intimate fieldwork account of Korean-black relations in Chicago and Los Angeles with extensive quantitative analysis at the national level. Yoon argues that a complete understanding of the contemporary Korean-American community requires systematic analyses of patterns of Korean immigration, entrepreneurship, and race relations with other minority groups. He explains how small business has become the major economic activity of Korean immigrants and how Korean businesses in minority neighborhoods have intensified racial tensions between Koreans and minorities like blacks and Latinos. "A groundbreaking study of Korean-black relations. Yoon's insights on immigration, entrepreneurship, and race relations significantly enhance our understanding of urban racial tensions."-William Julius Wilson, Harvard University 606 $aAfrican Americans$xRelations with Korean Americans 606 $aEntrepreneurship$zUnited States 606 $aKorean American businesspeople 606 $aMinority business enterprises$zUnited States 606 $aSmall business$zUnited States 607 $aKorea (South)$xEmigration and immigration 610 $akorea, asian, asia, eastern, race, racism, racial, america, american, united states, usa, international, los angeles, riots, dream, immigrant, immigration, shopkeeper, business, commerce, class, poverty, wealth, income, finance, classism, fieldwork, black, african, chicago, urban, city, neighborhood, minority, minorities, relationships, interpersonal. 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xRelations with Korean Americans. 615 0$aEntrepreneurship 615 0$aKorean American businesspeople. 615 0$aMinority business enterprises 615 0$aSmall business 676 $a338.6/422/089957073 700 $aYun$b In-jin$f1963-$01657580 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910806911003321 996 $aOn my own$94011074 997 $aUNINA