ISBN:
9780814759356
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XII, 273 S.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Nation of newcomers
Series Statement:
Immigrant history as American history
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Cheng, Cindy I-Fen Citizens of Asian America
DDC:
305.895/07309045
Keywords:
Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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USA
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Asiaten
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Demokratie
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Ethnische Beziehungen
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Ost-West-Konflikt
Abstract:
During the Cold War, Soviet propaganda highlighted U.S. racism in order to undermine the credibility of U.S. democracy. In response, incorporating racial and ethnic minorities in order to affirm that America worked to ensure the rights of all and was superior to communist countries became a national imperative. In Citizens of Asian America , Cindy I-Fen Cheng explores how Asian Americans figured in this effort to shape the credibility of American democracy, even while the perceived ""foreignness"" of Asian Americans cast them as likely alien subversives whose activities needed monitoring follo
Description / Table of Contents:
CONTENTS; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Asian American Racial Formation and the Image of American Democracy; 1. Legislating Nonwhite Crossings into White Suburbia; 2. Living in the Suburbs, Becoming Americans; 3. Asian American Firsts and the Progress towardRacial Integration; 4. McCarran Act Persecutions and the Fight forAlien Rights; 5. Advancing Racial Equality and Internationalismthrough Immigration Reform; Conclusion: Cold War America and the Appeal toSee Past Race; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
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Description based upon print version of record
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
