Race, religion, and civil rights : Asian students on the West Coast, 1900-1968 /
Stephanie Hinnershitz reveals the unsung legacy of civil rights activism among foreign and American-born Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino students, who formed crucial alliances based on their shared religious affiliations and experiences of discrimination. Using archival sources that bring forth thes...
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| Language: | English |
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New Brunswick, New Jersey :
Rutgers University Press,
[2015]
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| Series: | Asian American studies today.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. "Western People Are Not All Angels": Encountering Racism on the West Coast
- 2. A Problem by Any Other Name: Christian Student Associations, the "Second-Generation Problem," and West Coast Racism
- 3. "We Ask Not for Mercy, but for Justice": Filipino Students and the Battle for Labor and Civil Rights
- 4. "A Sweet-and- Sour World": The Second Sino-Japanese War, Christian Citizenship, and Equality
- 5. Christian Citizenship and Japanese American Incarceration during World War II
- 6. Christian Social Action in the Postwar Era
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
