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William Wei 
Asians in Colorado 
A History of Persecution and Perseverance in the Centennial State

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Providing the most comprehensive examination to date of Asians in the Centennial State, William Wei addresses a wide range of experiences, from anti-Chinese riots in late nineteenth-century Denver to the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans at the Amache concentration camp to the more recent influx of Southeast Asian refugees and South Asian tech professionals. Drawing on a wealth of historical sources, Wei reconstructs what life was like for the early Chinese and Japanese pioneers, and he pays special attention to the different challenges faced by those in urban versus rural areas. The result is a groundbreaking approach that helps us better understand how Asians survived—and thrived—in an often hostile environment.
Offering a fresh perspective on how cycles of persecution are repeated, Wei reveals how the treatment of Asian Americans resonates with the experiences of other marginalized groups in American society. His study sheds light not only on the Asian American experience but also on the development of Colorado and the greater American West.

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Table of Content

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Prologue | Once Upon a Time in the West
1. Imperialism, Nationalism, and the Coming of Asians to Colorado
2. Chinese Pioneers: Looking for Work, Finding Violence Instead
3. Exotic Oasis in the Queen City of the West
4. Importing Chinese Prostitutes, Excluding Chinese Wives
5. The Denver Race Riot and Its Aftermath
6. Japanese Immigrants: From Feudal Peasants to Independent Farmers
7. Yellow Peril: From Threatening Chinamen to Treacherous Japan
8. A Concentration Camp in the Centennial State
9. Loyalty and Betrayal on the Home Front
10. Asian Colorado’s Greatest Generation
Epilogue | Coming to America, Again
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

About the author

William Wei is professor of history at the University of Colorado. He is the author of The Asian American Movement.
Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 400 ● ISBN 9780295806365 ● File size 4.0 MB ● Publisher University of Washington Press ● City Seattle ● Country US ● Published 2016 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 4880997 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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