Ebook: The color of success : Asian Americans and the origins of the model minority
Author: Wu Ellen D.
- Tags: Asian Americans -- History -- 20th century, Asian Americans -- Cultural assimilation, Asian Americans -- Ethnic identity, Asian Americans -- Public opinion, United States -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century, United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century, United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989, HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations, POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE -
- Series: Politics and society in twentieth-century America.
- Year: 2014
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- City: United States, United States
- Language: English
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"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 Read more...