Citizens of Asian America :: democracy and race during the Cold War /

During the Cold War, Soviet propaganda highlighted U.S. racism in order to undermine the credibility of U.S. democracy. In response, incorporating racial and ethnic minorities in order to affirm that America worked to ensure the rights of all and was superior to communist countries became a national...

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1. Verfasser: Cheng, Cindy I-Fen
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : New York University Press, 2013.
Schriftenreihe:Nation of newcomers.
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Zusammenfassung:During the Cold War, Soviet propaganda highlighted U.S. racism in order to undermine the credibility of U.S. democracy. In response, incorporating racial and ethnic minorities in order to affirm that America worked to ensure the rights of all and was superior to communist countries became a national imperative. This book explores how Asian Americans figured in this effort to shape the credibility of American democracy, even while the perceived "foreignness" of Asian Americans cast them as likely alien subversives whose activities needed monitoring.
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0814770843
9780814770849