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001 2013019921
003 DLC
005 20140816075941.0
008 130611s2014 njua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2013019921
020 $a9780691157825 (hardback : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aE184.A75$bW8 2014
082 00 $a305.895/073$223
084 $aHIS036060$aSOC031000$aPOL004000$aSOC043000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aWu, Ellen D.
245 10 $aThe color of success :$bAsian Americans and the origins of the model minority /$cEllen D. Wu.
264 1 $aPrinceton, New Jersey :$bPrinceton University Press,$c[2014]
300 $axv, 354 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aPolitics and society in twentieth century America
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"The Color of Success tells of the astonishing transformation of Asians in the United States from the "yellow peril" to "model minorities"--peoples distinct from the white majority but lauded as well-assimilated, upwardly mobile, and exemplars of traditional family values--in the middle decades of the twentieth century. As Ellen Wu shows, liberals argued for the acceptance of these immigrant communities into the national fold, charging that the failure of America to live in accordance with its democratic ideals endangered the country's aspirations to world leadership.Weaving together myriad perspectives, Wu provides an unprecedented view of racial reform and the contradictions of national belonging in the civil rights era. She highlights the contests for power and authority within Japanese and Chinese America alongside the designs of those external to these populations, including government officials, social scientists, journalists, and others. And she demonstrates that the invention of the model minority took place in multiple arenas, such as battles over zoot suiters leaving wartime internment camps, the juvenile delinquency panic of the 1950s, Hawaii statehood, and the African American freedom movement. Together, these illuminate the impact of foreign relations on the domestic racial order and how the nation accepted Asians as legitimate citizens while continuing to perceive them as indelible outsiders.By charting the emergence of the model minority stereotype, The Color of Success reveals that this far-reaching, politically charged process continues to have profound implications for how Americans understand race, opportunity, and nationhood"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aAsian Americans$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aAsian Americans$xCultural assimilation.
650 0 $aAsian Americans$xEthnic identity.
650 0 $aAsian Americans$xPublic opinion.
651 0 $aUnited States$xEthnic relations$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aUnited States$xRace relations$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1945-1989.
650 7 $aHISTORY / United States / 20th Century.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies.$2bisacsh