Between Mao and Mccarthy - Chinese American Politics in the Cold War Years

During the Cold War, Chinese Americans struggled to gain political influence in the United States. This book looks at the divergent ways that Chinese Americans in these two cities balanced domestic and international pressures during the tense Cold War era.

About the author

Charlotte Brooks is associate professor of history at Baruch College, City University of New York. She is the author of Alien Neighbors, Foreign Friends: Asian Americans, Housing, and the Transformation of Urban California, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Summary

During the Cold War, Chinese Americans struggled to gain political influence in the United States. This book looks at the divergent ways that Chinese Americans in these two cities balanced domestic and international pressures during the tense Cold War era.

Product details

• Authors: Charlotte Brooks
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.01.2015
• EAN: 9780226193564
• ISBN: 978-0-226-19356-4
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, China, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Asia / China, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, c 1950 to c 1959, Asian History, History of the Americas, The Cold War, C 1945 To C 1960, Cold wars and proxy conflicts, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General