| Thinking Orientals: Migration, Contact, and Exoticism in Modern America Revised Edition Contributor(s): Yu, Henry (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195151275 ISBN-13: 9780195151275 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $45.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2002 Annotation: Thinking Orientals is a groundbreaking study of Asian Americans and the racial formation of twentieth-century American society. It reveals the influential role Asian Americans played in constructing the understandings of Asian American identity. It examines the unique role played by sociologists, particularly sociologists at the University of Chicago, in the study of the "Oriental Problem" before World War II and also analyzes the internment of Japanese Americans during the war and the subsequent "model minority" profile. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Dewey: 305.895 |
| Lexile Measure: 1440 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.42" W x 8.86" (0.90 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Ethnic Orientation - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Thinking Orientals is a groundbreaking study of Asian Americans and the racial formation of twentieth-century American society. It reveals the influential role Asian Americans played in constructing the understandings of Asian American identity. It examines the unique role played by sociologists, particularly sociologists at the University of Chicago, in the study of the Oriental Problem before World War II and also analyzes the internment of Japanese Americans during the war and the subsequent model minority profile. |