The Color of Success: Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority - Paperback
by Ellen D. Wu
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Availability:In StockContributor:Ellen D. WuSeries:Politics and Society in Modern America #119Publish date:2015-12-29Pages:336
Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691168029ISBN-10:691168024UPC:9780691168029Book Category:History, Social Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Discrimination, Civil RightsBook Topic:20th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.10 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCQ12AWRPS
The Color of Success: Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority
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...
Series: Politics and Society in Modern America #119
Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691168029ISBN-10:691168024UPC:9780691168029Book Category:History, Social Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Discrimination, Civil RightsBook Topic:20th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.10 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCQ12AWRPS
Ellen D. Wu is assistant professor of history at Indiana University, Bloomington.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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