The Dreams of Two Yi-min / / Margaret K. Pai.
Few personal accounts have been written about early Korean immigrants (yi-min) to Hawaii. In The Dreams of Two Yi-min Margaret Pai recounts the experiences of her parents, Do In Kwon and Hee Kyung Lee, while unfolding the rich fabric of Korean society and culture in Japanese-occupied Korea and Hawai...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2021] ©1989 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (216 p.) :; illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- CHAPTER 1 The New World
- CHAPTER 2 For a Cause
- CHAPTER 3 Two Prison Terms
- CHAPTER 4 The Tragic Split
- CHAPTER 5 A Scholarly Beginning
- CHAPTER 6 The House on Pele Street
- CHAPTER 7 Starting Anew
- CHAPTER 8 Growing Up in a Factory
- CHAPTER 9 Taking a Gamble
- CHAPTER 10 A Successful Invention at Last
- CHAPTER 11 Greed and Inhumanity
- CHAPTER 12 The Miyoshi Bamboo
- CHAPTER 13 Poinciana
- CHAPTER 14 Romantic Spring of '42
- CHAPTER 15 Old Men and Ladies' Handbags
- CHAPTER 16 The Peace after Bombs
- CHAPTER 17 A Dirge for a Wedding
- CHAPTER 18 The Korean Consulate
- CHAPTER 19 Mr. J
- CHAPTER 20 In the Big City
- CHAPTER 21 Losing the Gamble
- CHAPTER 22 Up in Smoke
- Epilogue
- Glossary
- Index
- About the Author