ISBN:
9780226193731
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
,
Illustrationen
DDC:
305.89510730904
Keywords:
Chinese Americans Political activity
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History
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20th century
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Chinese Americans Political activity 20th century
;
History
;
Chinese Americans Social conditions
;
History
;
20th century
;
Chinese Americans Social conditions 20th century
;
HISTORY
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General
Abstract:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- A Note on Names and Translations -- Introduction -- ONE / New York and San Francisco: Politics in the Political Capitals of Chinese America -- TWO / War, Revolution, and Political Realignment -- THREE / The Resurgence of China Politics -- FOUR / Divergence: New York and San Francisco in the 1950s -- FIVE / The "Immigration Racket" Investigation and the Rise of a New Politics -- SIX / Chinese Americans, Orientals, Minorities: Politics in a New Era -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Who's Who -- Index
Abstract:
During the Cold War, Chinese Americans struggled to gain political influence in the United States. Considered potentially sympathetic to communism, their communities attracted substantial public and government scrutiny, particularly in San Francisco and New York. Between Mao and McCarthy looks at the divergent ways that Chinese Americans in these two cities balanced domestic and international pressures during the tense Cold War era. On both coasts, Chinese Americans sought to gain political power and defend their civil rights, yet only the San Franciscans succeeded. Forging multiracial coalitions and encouraging voting and moderate activism, they avoided the deep divisions and factionalism that consumed their counterparts in New York. Drawing on extensive research in both Chinese- and English-language sources, Charlotte Brooks uncovers the complex, diverse, and surprisingly vibrant politics of an ethnic group trying to find its voice and flex its political muscle in Cold War America
DOI:
10.7208/9780226193731
