Alien Neighbors, Foreign Friends: Asian Americans, Housing, and the Transformati

Description: Alien Neighbors, Foreign Friends by Charlotte Brooks Between the early 1900s and the late 1950s, the attitudes of white Californians toward their Asian American neighbors evolved from outright hostility to relative acceptance. The author examines this transformation through the lens of Californias urban housing markets. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Between the early 1900s and the late 1950s, the attitudes of white Californians toward their Asian American neighbors evolved from outright hostility to relative acceptance. Charlotte Brooks examines this transformation through the lens of Californias urban housing markets, arguing that the perceived foreignness of Asian Americans, which initially stranded them in segregated areas, eventually facilitated their integration into neighborhoods that rejected other minorities.Against the backdrop of cold war efforts to win Asian hearts and minds, whites who saw little difference between Asians and Asian Americans increasingly advocated the latter groups access to middle-class life and the residential areas that went with it. But as they transformed Asian Americans into a "model minority," whites purposefully ignored the long backstory of Chinese and Japanese Americans early and largely failed attempts to participate in public and private housing programs. As Brooks tells this multifaceted story, she draws on a broad range of sources in multiple languages, giving voice to an array of community leaders, journalists, activists, and homeowners—and insightfully conveying the complexity of racialized housing in a multiracial society. Author Biography Charlotte Brooks is associate professor of history at Baruch College, City University of New York. Table of Contents Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction Part I. Alien Neighbors Chapter 1 Chinatown, San Francisco: Americas First Segregated Neighborhood Chapter 2 Los Angeles: Americas "White Spot" Chapter 3 The New Deals Third Track: Asian American Citizenship and Public Housing in Depression-Era Los Angeles Chapter 4 "Housing Seems to Be the Problem": Asian Americans and New Deal Housing Programs in San Francisco Chapter 5 The Subdivision and the War: From Jefferson Park to Internment Part II. Foreign Friends Chapter 6 "Glorified and Mounted on a Pedestal": San Francisco Chinatown at War Chapter 7 Equally Unequal: Asian Americans and the Fight for Housing Rights in Postwar California Chapter 8 "The Orientals Whose Friendship Is So Important": Asian Americans and the Values of Property in Cold War California Epilogue Notes Index Details ISBN022600418X Author Charlotte Brooks Short Title ALIEN NEIGHBORS FOREIGN FRIEND Language English ISBN-10 022600418X ISBN-13 9780226004181 Media Book Format Paperback Imprint University of Chicago Press Subtitle Asian Americans, Housing, and the Transformation of Urban California Place of Publication Chicago, IL Country of Publication United States Illustrations 8 halftones, 9 line drawings, 1 table DEWEY 363.59950794 UK Release Date 2012-12-21 Year 2012 Publication Date 2012-12-21 AU Release Date 2012-12-21 NZ Release Date 2012-12-21 US Release Date 2012-12-21 Pages 352 Publisher The University of Chicago Press Audience Further / Higher Education Series Historical Studies of Urban America We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161779879;

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