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How the interests of Seattle and Japanese immigrants were linked in the processes of urban boosterism before World War II

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"Claiming the Oriental Gateway is 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."
—Karen Leong, author of The China Mystique: Pearl S. Buck, Anna May Wong, Mayling Soong Chiang, and the Transformation of American Orientalism.



Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Multiethnic Seattle
2. Making Seattle “Cosmopolitan”
3. Making Local Images for International Eyes: Race, Nationality, and the Seattle Camera Club, 1924-1929
4. “Problems of the Pacific” in “the Great Crucible of America”: Public Schools in the 1920s and the 1930s
5. “That Splendid Medium of Free Play”: Japanese American Sports during the Interwar Years
6. The Eve of War
Epilogue
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

Claiming the Oriental Gateway

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      Publisher Temple University Press,U.S.
      Published 17 October 2012
      ISBN-13 9781439902141
      978-1439902141
      ISBN-10 1439902143

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      How the interests of Seattle and Japanese immigrants were linked in the processes of urban boosterism before World War II

      Trade Review

      "Claiming the Oriental Gateway is 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."
      —Karen Leong, author of The China Mystique: Pearl S. Buck, Anna May Wong, Mayling Soong Chiang, and the Transformation of American Orientalism.



      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments
      Introduction
      1. Multiethnic Seattle
      2. Making Seattle “Cosmopolitan”
      3. Making Local Images for International Eyes: Race, Nationality, and the Seattle Camera Club, 1924-1929
      4. “Problems of the Pacific” in “the Great Crucible of America”: Public Schools in the 1920s and the 1930s
      5. “That Splendid Medium of Free Play”: Japanese American Sports during the Interwar Years
      6. The Eve of War
      Epilogue
      Notes
      Selected Bibliography
      Index

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