Title: Chinese and Japanese Americans /
Authors: Melendy, H. Brett; Melendy, H. Brett
Date: 1984
Publisher: Hippocrene Books,
Physical description: xviii, 235 p. ; 21 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: E
Contents: Part I. The Chinese Americans. The homeland -- Forward to the "Golden Mountain" : the trans-Pacific crossing, 1849-1882 -- Closed arms, cold hearts: Years of discrimination -- The Chinese and the marketplace -- Chinese immigration, 1880s-1960s from exclusion to parity -- Becoming members of a pluralistic society. Part II. The Japanese Americans. Japan, the island empire -- Search for success: immigration to Hawaii and the United States, 1868-1907 -- "The Japs must go!" Discrimination and hostility, 1907-1952 -- Helping America prosper -- The search for citizenship -- World War II and its aftermath.
Notes: Rev. ed. of: The Oriental Americans. 1972. Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): Chinese Americans--History.; Japanese Americans--History