{"product_id":"claiming-the-oriental-gateway-prewar-seattle-and-japanese-america-paperback-softback-9781439902141","title":"Claiming the Oriental Gateway; Prewar Seattle and Japanese America (Paperback \/ softback) 9781439902141","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eClaiming the Oriental Gateway\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePrewar Seattle and Japanese America\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eShelley Sang-Hee Lee (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781439902141\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 17 October 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.474 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eClaiming the Oriental Gateway \u003ci\u003eis an important contribution to the understanding of diversity of Japanese American experiences and a valuable contribution to the field of Asian American Studies, U.S. urban history, and U.S. western history.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eKaren Leong\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe China Mystique: Pearl S. Buck, Anna May Wong, Mayling Soong Chiang, and the Transformation of American Orientalism.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHow the interests of Seattle and Japanese immigrants were linked in the processes of urban boosterism before World War II\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003e1. Multiethnic Seattle \u003cbr\u003e2. Making Seattle “Cosmopolitan” \u003cbr\u003e3. Making Local Images for International Eyes: Race, Nationality, and the Seattle Camera Club, 1924-1929 \u003cbr\u003e4. “Problems of the Pacific” in “the Great Crucible of America”: Public Schools in the 1920s and the 1930s \u003cbr\u003e5. “That Splendid Medium of Free Play”: Japanese American Sports during the Interwar Years \u003cbr\u003e6. The Eve of War \u003cbr\u003eEpilogue \u003cbr\u003eNotes \u003cbr\u003eSelected Bibliography \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52584898429208,"sku":"9781439902141","price":22.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/claiming-the-oriental-gateway-prewar-seattle-and-japanese-america-paperback-softback-9781439902141","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}