Americans first : Chinese Americans and the Second World War / / K. Scott Wong

• Autore: Wong Kevin Scott
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 256 p
• Disciplina: 940.54/089/951073
• Soggetto topico: Chinese Americans - Social conditions - 20th century; Chinese Americans - Ethnic identity; Chinese Americans - Cultural assimilation; World War, 1939-1945 - Participation, Chinese American; World War, 1939-1945 - United States; World War, 1939-1945 - Social aspects
• Soggetto geografico: United States Ethnic relations
• Classificazione: NQ 5340
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-242) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: World 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Americans first
• ISBN: 0-674-04531-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809195403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II