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Koreans in central California (1907-1957) a study of settlement and transnational politics
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- Summary
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This book tells the Korean immigrants' life stories in California's eight San Joaquin Valley farm communities. It describes how they survived through discrimination and injustices in the early 20th...
This book tells the Korean immigrants' life stories in California's eight San Joaquin Valley farm communities. It describes how they survived through discrimination and injustices in the early 20th century America, and also details the Korean immigrants' efforts to regain their lost motherland from Japanese colonialism (1910-1945).
Details
- Creator
- Marn J. Cha
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, Inc., 2010
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (427 p.)
- ISBNs
- 0761852212, 1282820230, 9786612820236, 0761852204, 0761852190
- OCLC
- ocn698587414
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- Foreword by Russell J. Mardon; Foreword by Ken Klein; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One; Introduction; Chapter Two; The Beginnings of Korean Settlement in California's Central Valley (1903-1909); Chapter Three; The Dinuba Korean Pioneers (1909-1945); Chapter Four; The Reedley Group and the Korean Community (1921-1957); Chapter Five; The Korean Left and the Reedley Group (1920-1957); Chapter Six; The Koreans in Delano, Willows, and Maxwell, California (1913-1957); Chapter Seven; The Roles of the State, Social Capital, and Transnationalism; Chapter Eight; Conclusion
- Bibliography
Subjects
- Korean Americans -- California -- History -- 20th century.
- San Joaquin Valley -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
- San Joaquin Valley -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
- San Joaquin Valley -- Biography.
- Korea -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century.
- California -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century.