Citizens of Asian America [electronic resource] : democracy and race during the Cold War / Cindy I-Fen Cheng.
Material type: TextSeries: Nation of newcomers : immigrant history as American historyPublication details: New York : New York University Press, [2013] 2015)Description: 1 online resource (xii, 273 pages :) illustrations, mapsISBN:- 9780814770849
- 0814759351
- 305.895/07309045 23
- E184.A75 C486 2013
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-260) and index.
Introduction : Asian American racial formation and the image of American democracy -- Legislating nonwhite crossings into white suburbia -- Living in the suburbs, becoming Americans -- Asian American firsts and the progress toward racial integration -- McCarran Act persecutions and the fight for alien rights -- Advancing racial equality and internationalism through immigration reform -- Conclusion : Cold War America and the appeal to see past race.
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