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Book SynopsisThis book tells the Korean immigrants' life stories in California's eight San Joaquin Valley farm communities. It describes how they survived through discrimination and injustices in the early 20th century America, and also details the Korean immigrants' efforts to regain their lost motherland from Japanese colonialism (1910-1945).
Table of ContentsChapter 1 List of Tables Chapter 2 List of Photographs Chapter 3 Forewords Chapter 4 Preface Chapter 5 Acknowledgments Chapter 6 1.Introduction Chapter 7 2.The Beginnings of Korean Settlement in California's Central Valley (1903-1909) Chapter 8 3.The Dinuba Korean Pioneers (1909-1945) Chapter 9 4.The Reedley Group and the Korean Community (1921-1957) Chapter 10 5.The Korean Left and the Reedley Group (1920-1957) Chapter 11 6.The Koreans in Delano, Willows, and Maxwell, California (1913-1957) Chapter 12 7.The Roles of the State, Social Capital, and Transnationalism Chapter 13 8.Conclusion Chapter 14 Bibliography Chapter 15 Index