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Quiet Odyssey
- A Pioneer Korean Woman in America
Engelsk Hardback
Quiet Odyssey
- A Pioneer Korean Woman in America
Engelsk Hardback

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Mary Paik Lee left her native country in 1905, traveling with her parents as a political refugee after Japan imposed control over Korea. Her father worked in the sugar plantations of Hawaii briefly before taking his family to California. They shared the poverty-stricken existence endured by thousands of Asian immigrants in the early twentieth century, working as farm laborers, cooks, janitors, and miners. Lee recounts racism on the playground and the ravages of mercury mining on her father's health, but also entrepreneurial successes and hardships surmounted with grace. With a new foreword by David K. Yoo, this edition reintroduces Quiet Odyssey to readers interested in Asian American history and immigration studies. The volume includes thirty illustrations and a comprehensive introduction and bibliographic essay by respected scholar Sucheng Chan, who collaborated closely with Lee to edit the biography and ensure the work was true to the author's intended vision. This award-winning book provides a compelling firsthand account of early Korean American history and continues to be an essential work in Asian American studies.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
264
ISBN-13:
9780295746739
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0295746734
Udg. Dato:
30 jan 2020
Længde:
0mm
Bredde:
152mm
Højde:
229mm
Forlag:
University of Washington Press
Oplagsdato:
30 jan 2020
Forfatter(e):
Books from the same author
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