Marn J. Cha

Gebundenes Buch

Koreans in Central California (1903-1957)

A Study of Settlement and Transnational Politics

Beschreibung

This book tells the Korean immigrants' life stories in California's eight San Joaquin Valley farm communities. It describes how they survived through discrimination and injustices in the early 20th century America, and also details the Korean immigrants' efforts to regain their lost motherland from Japanese colonialism (1910-1945).

Autor

Marn J. Cha, Ph.D is a professor of political science at California State University, Fresno, California, where he has taught for forty-one years. He is a recipient of the Global Korea Award (2009) for his historical preservation effort. His research interests include immigration and transnational politics, non-governmental organizations' policy role, and how privatization of government functions transforms the modern states. He is currently president of Central California Korean Historical Society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 571g
• ISBN-13: 9780761852193
• ISBN-10: 0761852190
• Artikelnr.: 31207135