Asian Tragedies in the Americas - Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Stories

Asian Tragedies in the Americas: Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Stories examines stories of nineteenth-century Asian migrants across the Americas.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Western Encounters and Encroachments in East Asia
Chapter 2: A Floating Hell in Devil's Throat
Chapter 3: The Coolie Mart and Bitter Sugar in Cuba
Chapter 4: A One-way Passage to a Peruvian Hell
Chapter 5: Paper Children: The Enticement of Gold Mountain
Chapter 6: Koreans in Thorny Henequen Fields in Yucatan
Chapter 7: A Korean Picture Marriage: The Lure of Hawaii
Chapter 8: Peruvian Japanese in U.S. Relocation Camps
Chapter 9: An Empire Never Defeated: The Japanese in Brazil
Chapter 10: Japanese War Brides Following G.I. Husbands

About the author

By Won K. Yoon

Summary

Asian Tragedies in the Americas: Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Stories examines stories of nineteenth-century Asian migrants across the Americas.

Product details

• Authors: Won K. Yoon, Yoon Won K.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2021
• EAN: 9781793628534
• ISBN: 978-1-79362-853-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Ethnic Studies, Asia, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), HISTORY / Asia / General, Social & cultural history, Asian History, History of the Americas, The Americas, Black & Asian Studies, Relating to Asian American people