Citizens of Asian America: Democracy and Race during the Cold War

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Citizens of Asian America NATION OF NEWCOMERS Immigrant History as American History Matthew Jacobson and Werner Sollors General Editors Beyond the Shadow of Camptown: Korean Military Brides in America Ji-Yeon Yuh Feeling Italian: The Art of Ethnicity in America Thomas J. Ferraro Constructing Black Selves: Caribbean American Narratives and the Second Generation Lisa D. McGill Transnational Adoption: A Cultural Economy of Race, Gender, and Kinship Sara K. Dorow Immigration and American Popular Culture: An Introduction Jeffrey Melnick and Rachel Rubin From Arrival to Incorporation: Migrants to the U.S. in a Global Era Edited by Elliott R. Barkan, Hasia Diner, and Alan M. Kraut Migrant Imaginaries: Latino Cultural Politics in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands Alicia Schmidt Camacho The Force of Domesticity: Filipina Migrants and Globalization Rhacel Salazar Parreñas Immigrant Rights in the Shadows of Citizenship Edited by Rachel Ida Buff Rough Writing: Ethnic Authorship in Theodore Roosevelt’s America Aviva F. Taubenfeld The Third Asiatic Invasion: Empire and Migration in Filipino America, 1898–1946 Rick Baldoz Race for Citizenship: Black Orientalism and Asian Uplift from Pre-Emancipation to Neoliberal America Helen Heran Jun Entitled to Nothing: The Struggle for Immigrant Health Care in the Age of Welfare Reform Lisa Sun-Hee Park The Slums of Aspen: The War against Immigrants in America’s Eden Lisa Sun-Hee Park and David Naguib Pellow Social Death: Racialized Rightlessness and the Criminalization of the Unprotected Lisa Marie Cacho Love and Empire: Cybermarriage and Citizenship across the Americas Felicity Schaeffer-Grabiel Citizens of Asian America: Democracy and Race during the Cold War Cindy I-Fen Cheng Cindy I-Fen Cheng Citizens of Asian America Democracy and Race during the Cold War a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS New York and London NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS New York and London www.nyupress.org© 2013 by New York University All rights reserved References to Internet Websites (URLs) were accurate at the time of writing. Neither the author nor New York University Press is responsible for URLs that may have expired or changed since the manuscript was prepared. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cheng, Cindy I-Fen. Citizens of Asian America : democracy and race during the Cold War / Cindy I-Fen Cheng. pages cm — (Nation of newcomers : immigrant history as American history) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978–0–8147–5935–6 (cl : alk. paper) 1.Asian Americans—History—20th century. 2. Asian Americans—Ethnic identity. 3. Asian Americans—Cultural assimilation. 4. Asian Americans—Civil rights. 5. Cold War—Social aspects—United States. 6. United States—Social conditions—1945– 7. United States—Race relations—History—20th century. I. Title. E184.A75C486 2013 305.895'07309045—dc23 2012049433 New York University Press books are printed on acid-free paper, and their binding materials are chosen for strength and durability. We strive to use environmentally responsible suppliers and materials to the greatest extent possible in publishing our books. Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ...