Asian Tragedies in the Americas

Asian Tragedies in the Americas
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 273
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ISBN-10 : 9781793628541
ISBN-13 : 1793628548
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Book Synopsis Asian Tragedies in the Americas by : Won K. Yoon

Download or read book Asian Tragedies in the Americas written by Won K. Yoon and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-03-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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