Here to Stay : Uncovering South Asian American History /

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"There are 3.4 million South Asian-Americans in the U.S. They are creating an identity in a nation accustomed to binary racial choices, where the common understanding is that you are either black or white. The old model of immigration follows a progression from outsider to insider, or from bein...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rudra, Geetika (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2022]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
South Asian Americans > Social conditions.
South Asian Americans > Ethnic identity.
South Asian Americans.
Ethnic relations.
Americains d'origine sud-asiatique > Identite ethnique.
Americains d'origine sud-asiatique > Histoire.
Americains d'origine sud-asiatique > Conditions sociales.
South Asian Americans > History.
United States.
États-Unis > Relations interethniques.
United States > Ethnic relations.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Who gets to be American?
  • Mozumdar crosses the Pacific
  • The American dream
  • Where are you from?
  • Defining whiteness
  • The difference between daylight and darkness
  • The dilemma
  • Return to Hindoo Alley
  • Freedom fighters
  • Citizenship on trial
  • The aftermath
  • The path to acceptance
  • War
  • Resolution.

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