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Far East, down South : Asians in the American South / edited by Raymond A. Mohl, John E. Van Sant, and Chizuru Saeki.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Modern South.
- The modern South
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Asian Americans--Southern States--Social conditions.
- Asian Americans.
- Asian Americans--Southern States--History.
- Southern States--Race relations.
- Southern States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 259 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- First edition
- Other Title:
- Asians in the American South
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- Offers a collection of ten insightful essays that illuminate the little-known history and increasing presence of Asian immigrants in the American southeast In sharp contrast to the "melting pot" reputation of the United States, the American South--with its history of slavery, Jim Crow, and the civil rights movement--has been perceived in stark.
- Contents:
- Introduction / David M. Reimers
- The astonishing history of Japanese Americans in Louisiana / Greg Robinson
- Views of Japanese in Alabama, 1941-1953 / Chizuru Saeki
- Collective aspirations of Japanese Americans in and beyond the WWII South / John Howard
- Asian immigration to Florida / Raymond A. Mohl
- Chinese in Florida: history, struggles, and contributions to the Sunshine State / Wenxian Zhang
- "Chinese for the South": Mississippi delta Chinese migration chains / John Jung
- Second-generation Chinese Americans from Atlanta, Augusta, and Savannah Georgia: overcoming "otherness" / Daniel Bronstein
- Immigrant dreams and second-generation realities: Indian Americans negotiating marriage, culture, and identity in North Carolina / Vincent H. Melomo
- Resilient history and the rebuilding of a community: the Vietnamese American community in New Orleans East / Karen J. Leong, Christopher A. Airriess, Wei Li, Angela Chia-Chen Chen, and Verna M. Keith.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8173-8989-X
- OCLC:
- 959554810
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