Won K. Yoon

Asian Tragedies in the Americas

Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Stories

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Asian Tragedies in the Americas: Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Stories examines stories of nineteenth-century Asian migrants across the Americas.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 551g
• ISBN-13: 9781793628534
• ISBN-10: 179362853X
• Artikelnr.: 60885000

Autorenporträt

By Won K. Yoon

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Western Encounters and Encroachments in East Asia
Chapter 2: A Floating Hell in Devil's Throat
Chapter 3: The Coolie Mart and Bitter Sugar in Cuba
Chapter 4: A One-way Passage to a Peruvian Hell
Chapter 5: Paper Children: The Enticement of Gold Mountain
Chapter 6: Koreans in Thorny Henequen Fields in Yucatan
Chapter 7: A Korean Picture Marriage: The Lure of Hawaii
Chapter 8: Peruvian Japanese in U.S. Relocation Camps
Chapter 9: An Empire Never Defeated: The Japanese in Brazil
Chapter 10: Japanese War Brides Following G.I. Husbands