From the Land of Hibiscus : : Koreans in Hawai'i, 1903-1950 / / ed. by Yong-ho Ch'oe.
In 1903, 102 Koreans migrated to Hawai'i in search of wealth and fortune-the first in their country's history to live in the Western world. Thousands followed. Most of them, however, found only hardship while working as sugar plantation laborers. Soon after their departure, Korea was colon...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2006] ©2006 |
| Year of Publication: | 2006 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (224 p.) :; 2 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. The Early Korean Immigration: An Overview
- 2. Korean Immigration to Hawai'i and the Korean Protestant Church
- 3. Syngman Rhee in Hawai'i: His Activities in the Early Years, 1913-1915
- 4. Images and Crimes of Koreans in Hawai'i: Media Portrayals, 1903-1925
- 5. The March First Movement of 1919 and Koreans in Hawai'i
- 6. Local Struggles and Diasporic Politics: The 1931 Court Cases of the Korean National Association of Hawai'i
- 7. The Unification Movement of the Hawai'i Korean Community in the 1930s
- 8. How Koreans Repealed Their "Enemy Alien" Status: Korean Americans' Identity, Culture, and National Pride in Wartime Hawai'i
- 9. "Unity for What? Unity for Whom?": The United Korean Committee of North America, 1941-1945
- 10. Korean Dance in Hawai'i: A Century in the Public Eye
- Contributors
- Index