The Quest for Statehood - Korean Immigrant Nationalism and U.s. Sovereignty, 1905-1945

Zusatztext The Quest for Statehood makes the complex issue of nation-building absolutely central to transnational analysis of American immigration and ethnicity. By bringing the state back into diaspora studies, Kim offers a fascinating explanation for the disproportionately large role played by state-less Koreans living in the United States and sheds new light on political developments in far-off East Asia. Here is a powerful illustration of how (and why) immigrants engage vigorously in international relations even as they adapt to life in America. Informationen zum Autor Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies, University of California, Davis Klappentext The Quest for Statehood explores the efforts of Korean immigrants to fight for the independence of their homeland by participating in civic and political activities in the United States that established them as an American ethnic group. Zusammenfassung The Quest for Statehood explores the efforts of Korean immigrants to fight for the independence of their homeland by participating in civic and political activities in the United States that established them as an American ethnic group.

Product details

• Authors: Richard S. Kim, Kim Richard S.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.11.2011
• EAN: 9780195369991
• ISBN: 978-0-19-536999-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Japan, Korea, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Nationalism, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, HISTORY / Asia / Korea, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Colonialism & imperialism, Migration, immigration & emigration, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, Colonialism and imperialism, Asian History, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples