001480100 000__ 05305nam\a22008415i\4500 001480100 001__ 1480100 001480100 003__ DE-B1597 001480100 005__ 20231026035125.0 001480100 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001480100 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001480100 008__ 230918t20132013nyu\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001480100 020__ $$a9780814770849 001480100 0247_ $$a10.18574/nyu/9780814759356.001.0001$$2doi 001480100 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)547972 001480100 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001480100 0410_ $$aeng 001480100 044__ $$anyu$$cUS-NY 001480100 050_4 $$aE184.A75$$bC486 2016 001480100 072_7 $$aHIS036000$$2bisacsh 001480100 08204 $$a305.89507309045$$223 001480100 1001_ $$aCheng, Cindy I-Fen, $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut. 001480100 24510 $$aCitizens of Asian America :$$bDemocracy and Race during the Cold War /$$cCindy I-Fen Cheng. 001480100 264_1 $$aNew York, NY : : $$bNew York University Press, $$c[2013] 001480100 264_4 $$c©2013 001480100 300__ $$a1 online resource :$$b12 black and white illustrations 001480100 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001480100 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001480100 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001480100 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001480100 4900_ $$aNation of Nations ; ;$$v16 001480100 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tContents -- $$tIllustrations -- $$tAcknowledgments -- $$tIntroduction -- $$tCHAPTER 1. Legislating Nonwhite Crossings into White Suburbia -- $$tCHAPTER 2. Living in the Suburbs, Becoming Americans -- $$tCHAPTER 3. Asian American Firsts and the Progress towards Racial Integration -- $$tCHAPTER 4. McCarran Act Persecutions and the Fight for Alien Rights -- $$tCHAPTER 5. Advancing Racial Equality and Internationalism through Immigration Reform -- $$tConclusion -- $$tNotes -- $$tBibliography -- $$tIndex -- $$tAbout the Author 001480100 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001480100 520__ $$aWinner, 2013-2014 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, Adult Non-Fiction presented by the Asian Pacific American Librarian AssociationDuring the Cold War, Soviet propaganda highlighted U.S. racism in order to undermine the credibility of U.S. democracy. In response, incorporating racial and ethnic minorities in order to affirm that America worked to ensure the rights of all and was superior to communist countries became a national imperative. In Citizens of Asian America, Cindy I-Fen Cheng explores how Asian Americans figured in this effort to shape the credibility of American democracy, even while the perceived "foreignness" of Asian Americans cast them as likely alien subversives whose activities needed monitoring following the communist revolution in China and the outbreak of the Korean War.While histories of international politics and U.S. race relations during the Cold War have largely overlooked the significance of Asian Americans, Cheng challenges the black-white focus of the existing historiography. She highlights how Asian Americans made use of the government's desire to be leader of the "free world" by advocating for civil rights reforms, such as housing integration, increased professional opportunities, and freedom from political persecution. Further, Cheng examines the liberalization of immigration policies, which worked not only to increase the civil rights of Asian Americans but also to improve the nation's ties with Asian countries, providing an opportunity for the U.S. government to broadcast, on a global scale, the freedom and opportunity that American society could offer. 001480100 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001480100 546__ $$aIn English. 001480100 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 18. 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