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Framed by war : Korean children and women at the crossroads of US empire / Susie Woo.
LIBRA E184.K6 W658 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Woo, Susie, author.
- Series:
- Nation of nations (NYU Press)
- Nation of nations: immigrant history as American history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Korean War, 1950-1953--Children--Social conditions.
- Korean War, 1950-1953.
- Korean War, 1950-1953--Women--Social conditions.
- Koreans--United States--History--20th century.
- Koreans.
- Koreans--Cultural assimilation--United States.
- Orphans--Korea (South)--History--20th century.
- Orphans.
- War brides--Korea (South)--History--20th century.
- War brides.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Social aspects.
- History.
- Koreans--Cultural assimilation.
- Social conditions.
- Korea (South)--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.
- Korea (South).
- Children--Social conditions.
- Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.
- Women--Social conditions.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 325 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York Univeristy Press, [2019]
- Contents:
- Part I Imagined Family Frames p. 31
- 1 GIs and the Kids of Korea p. 33
- 2 US Aid Campaigns and the Korean Children's Choir p. 57
- Part II International Cold War Families p. 83
- 3 Missionary Rescue and the Transnational Making of Family p. 86
- 4 Producing Model Korean Adoptees p. 112
- Part III Erasing Empire p. 143
- 5 Mixed-Race Children and Their Korean Mothers p. 148
- 6 Managing Korean War Brides p. 174.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781479889914
- 1479889911
- 9781479880539
- 1479880531
- OCLC:
- 1091846194
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