Caught in the Middle - Korean Communities in New York and Los Angeles

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List of contents

List of Illustrations and Tables 
Acknowledgments 

I. Introduction 
2. Host Hostility and Middlemen's Reactions 
3. Korean Communities: New York and
Los Angeles 
4. Korean Immigrants' Economic Segregation 
5. Hostility toward Korean Merchants in
Black Neighborhoods 
6. Sources of Hostility toward
Korean Merchants 
7. Koreans' Efforts to Improve Relations with
African Americans 
8. Korean-African American Conflicts:
Positive Effects 
9. Koreans Merchants' Collective Responses
to Suppliers, Landlords,
and Government Agencies 
IO. Collective Actions and Power in the Korean
Community 
II. Korean Businesses: Negative Effects 
12. Conclusion 

Notes 
References 
Index

About the author

Pyong Gap Min is Professor of Sociology at Queens College and the Graduate School of the City University of New York.

Summary

Investigates the racial dynamics that exist between Korean merchants, the African American community, and white society in general. Focusing on hostility toward Korean merchants in New York and Los Angeles, this title explains how the 'middleman' economic role Koreans often occupy leads to conflicts with other groups.

Product details

• Authors: Pyong Gap Min, Pyong Gap Min
• Assisted by: Pyong Gap Min (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.1996
• EAN: 9780520204898
• ISBN: 978-0-520-20489-8
• No. of pages: 243
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; USA, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Distribution, United States of America, USA, Sociology: work & labour, Urban communities, Sociology: work and labour, Retail and wholesale industries, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Distributive industries, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General