Citizens of Asian America : Democracy and Race during the Cold War / Cindy I-Fen Cheng.
2013
E184.A75 C486 2016
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Title
Citizens of Asian America : Democracy and Race during the Cold War / Cindy I-Fen Cheng.
Author
Cheng, Cindy I-Fen, author.
ISBN
9780814770849
Published
New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2013]
Copyright
©2013
Language
English
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In English.
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1 online resource : 12 black and white illustrations
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10.18574/nyu/9780814759356.001.0001 doi
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E184.A75 C486 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
305.89507309045
Summary
Winner, 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.
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Nation of Nations ; ; 16
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
CHAPTER 1. Legislating Nonwhite Crossings into White Suburbia
CHAPTER 2. Living in the Suburbs, Becoming Americans
CHAPTER 3. Asian American Firsts and the Progress towards Racial Integration
CHAPTER 4. McCarran Act Persecutions and the Fight for Alien Rights
CHAPTER 5. Advancing Racial Equality and Internationalism through Immigration Reform
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Contents
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
CHAPTER 1. Legislating Nonwhite Crossings into White Suburbia
CHAPTER 2. Living in the Suburbs, Becoming Americans
CHAPTER 3. Asian American Firsts and the Progress towards Racial Integration
CHAPTER 4. McCarran Act Persecutions and the Fight for Alien Rights
CHAPTER 5. Advancing Racial Equality and Internationalism through Immigration Reform
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author