Citizens of Asian America : democracy and race during the Cold War /

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Author / Creator:	Cheng, Cindy I-Fen.
Imprint:	New York : New York University Press, 2013.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	Nation of newcomers : immigrant history as American history Nation of newcomers.
Subject:	Asian Americans -- History -- 20th century. Asian Americans -- Ethnic identity. Asian Americans -- Cultural assimilation. Asian Americans -- Civil rights. Cold War -- Social aspects -- United States. Asian Americans. Asian Americans -- Civil rights. Asian Americans -- Cultural assimilation. Asian Americans -- Ethnic identity. Race relations. Social aspects. Social conditions. United States -- Social conditions -- 1945- United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century. United States. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11182508

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ISBN:	0814770843 9780814770849 9780814759356 0814759351 1479880736 9781479880737
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	During the Cold War, Soviet propaganda highlighted U.S. racism in order to undermine the credibility of U.S. democracy. In response, incorporating racial and ethnic minorities in order to affirm that America worked to ensure the rights of all and was superior to communist countries became a national imperative. This book explores how Asian Americans figured in this effort to shape the credibility of American democracy, even while the perceived "foreignness" of Asian Americans cast them as likely alien subversives whose activities needed monitoring.
Other form:	Print version: 9780814759356 0814759351

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