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.

Sommario

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

Info autore

Won K. Yoon is retired and was long-time professor of sociology at La Sierra University and Loma Linda University.

Riassunto

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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Won K. Yoon, Yoon Won K.
• Editore: Lexington Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.03.2023
• EAN: 9781793628558
• ISBN: 978-1-79362-855-8
• Pagine: 272
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; 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