Paul Spickard

Broschiertes Buch

Japanese Americans

The Formation and Transformations of an Ethnic Group

Beschreibung

In this concise history, Paul R. Spickard traces the struggles and achievements of Japanese Americans in claiming their place in American society. He outlines three forces shaping ethnic groups in general: shared interests, shared institutions, and shared culture, and chronicles the Japanese American experience within this framework, showing how these factors created and nurtured solidarity.

Autor

PAUL SPICKARD is a professor of history and Asian American studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of many books, including Almost All Aliens: Immigration, Race, and Colonialism in American History and Identity and coauthor of Is Lighter Better? Skin-Tone Discrimination among Asian Americans.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Univ of Chicago Behalf of Rutgers Univ Press
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 453g
• ISBN-13: 9780813544335
• ISBN-10: 0813544335
• Artikelnr.: 23823117