ISBN:
9781400866373
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 335 Seiten)
,
Illustrationen, Diagramme
Series Statement:
ProQuest Ebook Central
Series Statement:
Politics and society in twentieth-century America
Series Statement:
Politics and Society in Modern America Ser. v.114
Parallel Title:
Print version The Good Immigrants: How the Yellow Peril Became the Model Minority
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Hsu, Madeline Yuan-yin, 1967 - The good immigrants
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Hsu, Madeline Yuan-yin, 1967 - The good immigrants
DDC:
973.04951
Keywords:
Americanization
;
Chinese
;
Immigrants
;
Chinese Americans -- History
;
Chinese Americans -- Cultural assimilation
;
Chinese Americans -- Ethnic identity
;
Political refugees -- United States -- History
;
Racism -- Political aspects -- United States
;
United States -- Ethnic relations -- History
;
United States -- Race relations -- History
;
Electronic books
;
USA
;
Chinesen
;
Einwanderung
;
Einwanderungspolitik
;
Ethnische Beziehungen
;
Rassismus
;
Kulturelle Identität
;
Enkulturation
;
Geschichte 1872-2000
Abstract:
Conventionally, US immigration history has been understood through the lens of restriction and those who have been barred from getting in. In contrast, The Good Immigrants considers immigration from the perspective of Chinese elites-intellectuals, businessmen, and students-who gained entrance because of immigration exemptions. Exploring a century of Chinese migrations, Madeline Hsu looks at how the model minority characteristics of many Asian Americans resulted from US policies that screened for those with the highest credentials in the most employable fields, enhancing American economic comp
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Abbreviations; Note on Transliterations; CHAPTER 1: Gateways and Gates in American Immigration History; CHAPTER 2: "The Anglo-Saxons of the Orient" Student Exceptions to the Racial Bar against Chinese, 1872-1925 ; CHAPTER 3: The China Institute in America Advocating for China through Educational Exchange, 1926-1937; CHAPTER 4: "A Pressing Problem of Interracial Justice" Repealing Chinese Exclusion, 1937-1943; CHAPTER 5: The Wartime Transformation of Student Visitors into Refugee Citizens, 1943-1955
Description / Table of Contents:
CHAPTER 6: "The Best Type of Chinese" Aid Refugee Chinese Intellectuals and Symbolic Refugee Relief, 1952-1960CHAPTER 7: "Economic and Humanitarian" Propaganda and the Redemption of Chinese Immigrants through Refugee Relief; CHAPTER 8: Symbiotic Brain Drains Immigration Reform and the Knowledge Worker Recruitment Act of 1965; CHAPTER 9: Conclusion The American Marketplace of Brains; Acknowledgments; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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