Between Mao and McCarthy : Chinese American Politics in the Cold War Years / Charlotte Brooks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brooks, Charlotte, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese Americans--Political activity--History--20th century.

Chinese Americans.

Chinese Americans--Social conditions--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

During the Cold War, Chinese Americans struggled to gain political influence in the United States. Considered potentially sympathetic to communism, their communities attracted substantial public and government scrutiny, particularly in San Francisco and New York. Between Mao and McCarthy looks at the divergent ways that Chinese Americans in these two cities balanced domestic and international pressures during the tense Cold War era. On both coasts, Chinese Americans sought to gain political power and defend their civil rights, yet only the San Franciscans succeeded. Forging multiracial coalitions and encouraging voting and moderate activism, they avoided the deep divisions and factionalism that consumed their counterparts in New York. Drawing on extensive research in both Chinese- and English-language sources, Charlotte Brooks uncovers the complex, diverse, and surprisingly vibrant politics of an ethnic group trying to find its voice and flex its political muscle in Cold War America.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

A Note on Names and Translations

Introduction

ONE / New York and San Francisco: Politics in the Political Capitals of Chinese America

TWO / War, Revolution, and Political Realignment

THREE / The Resurgence of China Politics

FOUR / Divergence: New York and San Francisco in the 1950s

FIVE / The "Immigration Racket" Investigation and the Rise of a New Politics

SIX / Chinese Americans, Orientals, Minorities: Politics in a New Era

Epilogue

Notes

Who's Who

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780226193731

022619373X

OCLC:

897907370