Asians in Colorado : a history of persecution and perseverance in the Centennial State

Asians in Colorado : a history of persecution and perseverance in the Centennial State /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wei, William, 1948- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2016.
Series:Scott and Laurie Oki series in Asian American studies.
Subjects:
Asian Americans > Colorado > History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Asian American Studies.
Asian Americans
Race relations
Colorado > Race relations > History.
Colorado > History.
Colorado > Relations raciales > Histoire.
Colorado > Histoire.
Colorado
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: once upon a time in the west
  • Imperialism, nationalism, and the coming of Asians to Colorado
  • Chinese pioneers: looking for work, finding violence instead
  • Exotic oasis in the Queen City of the west
  • Importing Chinese prostitutes, excluding Chinese wives
  • The Denver Race Riot and its aftermath
  • Japanese immigrants: from feudal peasants to independent farmers
  • Yellow Peril: from threatening Chinamen to treacherous Japan
  • A concentration camp in the Centennial State
  • Loyalty and betrayal on the home front
  • Asian Colorado's greatest generation
  • Epilogue: coming to America, again.

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