Asian tragedies in the Americas : Chinese, Japanese, and Korean stories /
Asian Tragedies in the Americas: Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Stories explores the stories of nineteenth-century east Asian migrants throughout the Americas, tracing the asymmetrical international conditions which shaped migrants' experiences. Won K.Yoon examines such phenomena as Chinese pape...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Maryland :
Lexington Books,
[2021]
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| Summary: | Asian Tragedies in the Americas: Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Stories explores the stories of nineteenth-century east Asian migrants throughout the Americas, tracing the asymmetrical international conditions which shaped migrants' experiences. Won K.Yoon examines such phenomena as Chinese paper (fraudulent) wives and daughters, Korean picture marriages and Japanese war brides, analyzing the impact of racism and colonialism on east Asian groups and family experiences in the West. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 261 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-253) and index. |
| ISBN: | 179362853X 9781793628534 |