Americans First: Chinese Americans and the Second World War

Author:   K. Scott Wong
Publisher:   Temple University Press,U.S.
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9781592138401


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   15 March 2008
Format:   Paperback
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Americans First: Chinese Americans and the Second World War


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"During the Second World War, Chinese Americans contributed to the war effort by joining the armed forces and working in the defense industries. In doing so, they improved their social status, often at the expense of Japanese Americans, and positioned themselves to become the ""model minority"" and the ""good Asian in the good war."" In Americans First, K. Scott Wong uses archival research and oral histories to provide the first detailed account of Chinese Americans in the American military. Wong traces the history of the 14th Air Service Group, a segregated outfit of Chinese Americans sent to China in support of the American Army Air Corps and the Chinese Air Force. His ethnic history of inclusion shows how this new generation of Chinese Americans was more socially accepted, moving from the margins of society into the American mainstream during a time of pervasive racism."

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Author:   K. Scott Wong
Publisher:   Temple University Press,U.S.
Imprint:   Temple University Press,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.304kg
ISBN:  

9781592138401


ISBN 10:   1592138403
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   15 March 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Chinese America before the War; 2. Chinatown Goes to War; 3. The Good Asian in the Good War ; 4. Hawai'i's Local Warriors; 5. The Fourteenth Air Service Group; 6.Into the Mainstream; Appendix: Employment Tables; Notes; Acknowlegments; Index

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Praise for the previous edition: Americans First is an outstanding synthesis of firsthand accounts and nuanced historical analysis. At once soulful and impeccably researched, we can now recognize a generation of Americans missing from our history. John Kuo Wei Tchen, New York University Americans First breaks new ground by shifting our focus from Chinese immigration and exclusion in the nineteenth century to the beginnings of Chinese American inclusion during World War II. Judy Yung, author of Unbound Feet: A Social History of Chinese Women in San Francisco Americans First is insightful, beautifully written and highly readable from beginning to end... an excellent reference for anyone interested in Asian American history, US-China relations, identity politics and migration studies. The Journal of Chinese Overseas, November 2008


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