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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 Communities Into The National Fold, Charging That The Failure Of America To Live In Accordance With Its Democratic Ideals Endangered The Country's Aspirations To World Leadership. Weaving Together Myriad Perspectives, Wu Provides An Unprecedented View Of Racial Reform And The Contradictions Of National Belonging In The Civil Rights Era. She Highlights The Contests For Power And Authority Within Japanese And Chinese America Alongside The Designs Of Those External To These Populations, Including Government Officials, Social Scientists, Journalists, And Others. And She Demonstrates That The Invention Of The Model Minority Took Place In Multiple Arenas, Such As Battles Over Zoot Suiters Leaving Wartime Internment Camps, The Juvenile Delinquency Panic Of The 1950s, Hawaii Statehood, And The African Ameri

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Author

Wu, Ellen D.

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781306081887

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Political Science, Social Science

Rating

3.83 / 5 (25 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13