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Asian Tragedies in the Americas

Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Stories

Won K. Yoon

Asian Tragedies in the Americas: Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Stories explores the stories of nineteenth-century East Asian migrants throughout the Americas, tracing the asymmetrical international conditions which shaped migrants’ experiences. Won K.Yoon examines such phenomena as Chinese paper (fraudulent) wives and daughters, Korean picture marriages, and Japanese war brides, analyzing the impact of racism and colonialism on East Asian groups and family experiences in the West.

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Lexington Books
Pages: 272 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9½
978-1-7936-2853-4 • Hardback • March 2021 • $117.00 • (£90.00)
978-1-7936-2855-8 • Paperback • February 2023 • $39.99 • (£30.00)
978-1-7936-2854-1 • eBook • March 2021 • $38.00 • (£30.00)
Subjects: Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies, History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), History / Asia / General

Won K. Yoon is retired and was long-time professor of sociology at La Sierra University and Loma Linda University.

Chapter 1: Western Encounters and Encroachments in East Asia

Chapter 2: A Floating Hell in Devil’s Throat

Chapter 3: The Coolie Mart and Bitter Sugar in Cuba

Chapter 4: A One-way Passage to a Peruvian Hell

Chapter 5: Paper Children: The Enticement of Gold Mountain

Chapter 6: Koreans in Thorny Henequen Fields in Yucatan

Chapter 7: A Korean Picture Marriage: The Lure of Hawaii

Chapter 8: Peruvian Japanese in U.S. Relocation Camps

Chapter 9: An Empire Never Defeated: The Japanese in Brazil

Chapter 10: Japanese War Brides Following G.I. Husbands

In recent years, scholars have written extensively about Chinese and Japanese labor migration and migrants' lives in the Americas. In this wide-ranging, insightful book, Yoon synthesizes some of this research into a single volume, including extensive coverage of Koreans and Asian women in particular. Descriptions of Chinese working on sugar plantations in Cuba and mining guano in the Chincha Islands of Peru complement the more well-known story of their compatriots laboring in the US. Interestingly, the exploitation in the Chincha Islands was so notorious that it moved even Karl Marx to write about the tragic situation. Koreans recruited for the henequen industry in Yucatan, Mexico, are contrasted with those in the sugar fields of Hawaii. Japanese who migrated to the US are compared with those who went to Peru and elsewhere, but the largest community outside Japan was located in Brazil. The effects of laws and immigration policy, WW II and its aftermath, picture brides, war brides, children of mixed ancestry, race relations, and the prospects for future immigration are also discussed. Recommended. General readers through faculty.


— Choice Reviews


"Yoon provides a comparative analysis of Asian diaspora in the Americas and how this community's experiences intersect with capitalism, slavery, and racial discrimination. From Chinese coolies in Cuba and Peru, to Korean slaves in Yucatan, Mexico, to picture brides in Hawaii, and to Japanese experiences in the Americas, Yoon provides an insightful synthesis of the ‘Asian tragedy’ from global and local contexts."


— Edward Chang, University of California, Riverside


Asian Tragedies in the Americas

Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Stories

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Paperback
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Summary
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  • Asian Tragedies in the Americas: Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Stories explores the stories of nineteenth-century East Asian migrants throughout the Americas, tracing the asymmetrical international conditions which shaped migrants’ experiences. Won K.Yoon examines such phenomena as Chinese paper (fraudulent) wives and daughters, Korean picture marriages, and Japanese war brides, analyzing the impact of racism and colonialism on East Asian groups and family experiences in the West.

Details
Details
  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 272 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9½
    978-1-7936-2853-4 • Hardback • March 2021 • $117.00 • (£90.00)
    978-1-7936-2855-8 • Paperback • February 2023 • $39.99 • (£30.00)
    978-1-7936-2854-1 • eBook • March 2021 • $38.00 • (£30.00)
    Subjects: Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies, History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), History / Asia / General
Author
Author
  • Won K. Yoon is retired and was long-time professor of sociology at La Sierra University and Loma Linda University.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Chapter 1: Western Encounters and Encroachments in East Asia

    Chapter 2: A Floating Hell in Devil’s Throat

    Chapter 3: The Coolie Mart and Bitter Sugar in Cuba

    Chapter 4: A One-way Passage to a Peruvian Hell

    Chapter 5: Paper Children: The Enticement of Gold Mountain

    Chapter 6: Koreans in Thorny Henequen Fields in Yucatan

    Chapter 7: A Korean Picture Marriage: The Lure of Hawaii

    Chapter 8: Peruvian Japanese in U.S. Relocation Camps

    Chapter 9: An Empire Never Defeated: The Japanese in Brazil

    Chapter 10: Japanese War Brides Following G.I. Husbands

Reviews
Reviews
  • In recent years, scholars have written extensively about Chinese and Japanese labor migration and migrants' lives in the Americas. In this wide-ranging, insightful book, Yoon synthesizes some of this research into a single volume, including extensive coverage of Koreans and Asian women in particular. Descriptions of Chinese working on sugar plantations in Cuba and mining guano in the Chincha Islands of Peru complement the more well-known story of their compatriots laboring in the US. Interestingly, the exploitation in the Chincha Islands was so notorious that it moved even Karl Marx to write about the tragic situation. Koreans recruited for the henequen industry in Yucatan, Mexico, are contrasted with those in the sugar fields of Hawaii. Japanese who migrated to the US are compared with those who went to Peru and elsewhere, but the largest community outside Japan was located in Brazil. The effects of laws and immigration policy, WW II and its aftermath, picture brides, war brides, children of mixed ancestry, race relations, and the prospects for future immigration are also discussed. Recommended. General readers through faculty.


    — Choice Reviews


    "Yoon provides a comparative analysis of Asian diaspora in the Americas and how this community's experiences intersect with capitalism, slavery, and racial discrimination. From Chinese coolies in Cuba and Peru, to Korean slaves in Yucatan, Mexico, to picture brides in Hawaii, and to Japanese experiences in the Americas, Yoon provides an insightful synthesis of the ‘Asian tragedy’ from global and local contexts."


    — Edward Chang, University of California, Riverside


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