{"product_id":"japanese-and-chinese-immigrant-activists-organizing-in-american-and-international-communist-movements-19191933-9780813540412","title":"Japanese and Chinese Immigrant Activists","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProvides an account of Japanese and Chinese immigrant radicalism inside the United States and across the Pacific. This book shows how pressures from the Comintern for various sub-groups of the party to unite as an \"\"American\"\" working class were met with resistance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis meticulously researched volume illuminates the workings of the Communist movement among Asians in America and abroad in the twentieth century. Fowler's contributions will provide a critical reference point to all interested in the history of Asian Americans, labor activism, and international politics for years to come. -- Chris Friday, Professor of History * Western Washington University *\u003cbr\u003e...an impressive book based on imaginative research and original thinking. This history of early radicalism will attract deserved attention from the ranks of Asian American Studies and other ethnic studies scholars. * Journal of American Ethnic History *\u003cbr\u003eJosephine Fowler's work may be considered the earliest book-length scholarly text that supplies readers with much-needed information on the radical activities of Chinese and Japanese expatriates in the United States. * American Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOrigins and beginnings\u003cbr\u003e Historical background\u003cbr\u003e Study groups, the Oriental Branch, and \"hands-off China\" demonstrations\u003cbr\u003e From the top down\u003cbr\u003e \"The red capital of the great bolshevik republic\"\u003cbr\u003e Advancing bolshevism from Moscow outward and back and forth across the Pacific\u003cbr\u003e From the bottom up\u003cbr\u003e From East to West and West to East\u003cbr\u003e Left-wing Chinese immigrant activists\u003cbr\u003e Chinese workers in America\u003cbr\u003e Formation of the Oriental Branch of the ILD","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405778166103,"sku":"9780813540412","price":29.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/japanese-and-chinese-immigrant-activists-organizing-in-american-and-international-communist-movements-19191933-9780813540412","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}