Format:
Online-Ressource (xi, 256 p)
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ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9781439902134
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9781439902141
Series Statement:
Asian American history and culture
Content:
In Claiming the Oriental Gateway, Shelley Sang-Hee Lee explores the various intersections of urbanization, ethnic identity, and internationalism in the experience of Japanese Americans in early twentieth-century Seattle. She examines the development and self-image of the city by documenting how U.S. expansion, Asian trans-Pacific migration, and internationalism were manifested locally—and how these forces affected residents’ relationships with one another and their surroundings.Lee details the significant role Japanese Americans—both immigrants and U.S. born citizens—pl
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contents; 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;
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781439902158
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781439902134
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Claiming the Oriental Gateway : Prewar Seattle and Japanese America
Language:
English
Keywords:
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