Title Claiming the oriental gateway : prewar Seattle and Japanese America / Shelley Sang-Hee Lee

Published Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 256 pages) : illustrations Series Asian American history and culture Asian American history and culture. Contents Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Multiethnic Seattle; 2. Making Seattle "Cosmopolitan"; 3. Making Local Images for International Eyes: Race, Nationality, and the Seattle Camera Club, 1924-1929; 4. "Problems of the Pacific" in "the Great Crucible of America" : Public Schools in the 1920s and the 1930s; 5. "That Splendid Medium of Free Play" : Japanese American Sports during the Interwar Years; 6. The Eve of War; Epilogue; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index Summary How the interests of Seattle and Japanese Americans were linked in the processes of urban boosterism before World War II Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Japanese Americans -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- History -- 20th century Japanese Americans -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Social conditions -- 20th century Japanese Americans -- Cultural assimilation -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- History -- 20th century SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. HISTORY -- General. Japanese Americans Japanese Americans -- Cultural assimilation Japanese Americans -- Social conditions Race relations Social conditions SUBJECT Seattle (Wash.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century Seattle (Wash.) -- Race relations Subject Washington (State) -- Seattle Genre/Form Electronic book History Form Electronic book LC no. 2010024878 ISBN 9781439902158 1439902151

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