Claiming the Oriental Gateway - Prewar Seattle and Japanese America

Informationen zum Autor Shelley Sang-Hee Lee is an Assistant Professor of Comparative American Studies and History at Oberlin College. Klappentext How the interests of Seattle and Japanese immigrants were linked in the processes of urban boosterism before World War II Zusammenfassung How the interests of Seattle and Japanese immigrants were linked in the processes of urban boosterism before World War II Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Multiethnic Seattle 2. Making Seattle “Cosmopolitan” 3. Making Local Images for International Eyes: Race, Nationality, and the Seattle Camera Club, 1924-1929 4. “Problems of the Pacific” in “the Great Crucible of America”: Public Schools in the 1920s and the 1930s 5. “That Splendid Medium of Free Play”: Japanese American Sports during the Interwar Years 6. The Eve of War Epilogue Notes Selected Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Shelley Sang Lee, Shelley Sang-Hee Lee
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.12.2010
• EAN: 9781439902134
• ISBN: 978-1-4399-0213-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Asian American History and Culture Series; Asian American History & Cultu; Asian American History & Cultu
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)