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Author:

Cheng, Cindy I-Fen.

Title:

Citizens of Asian America : democracy and race during the Cold War / Cindy I-Fen Cheng.

Publisher:

New York University Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Asian Americans--History--20th century.
Asian Americans--Ethnic identity.
Asian Americans--Cultural assimilation.
Asian Americans--Civil rights.
Cold War--Social aspects--United States.
United States--Social conditions--1945-
United States--History--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction : Asian American racial formation and the image of American democracy -- Legislating nonwhite crossings into white suburbia -- Living in the suburbs, becoming Americans -- Asian American firsts and the progress toward racial integration -- McCarran Act persecutions and the fight for alien rights -- Advancing racial equality and internationalism through immigration reform -- Conclusion : Cold War America and the appeal to see past race.

Series:

Nation of newcomers : immigrant history as American history

ISBN:

0814759351 (cl : alk. paper)
9780814759356 (cl : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)819717769

LCCN:

2012049433

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)