On My Own Korean Businesses and Race Relations in America

Name: On My Own Korean Businesses and Race Relations in America
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ISBN: 9780226959283

ISBN-10: 0226959287

ISBN-13: 9780226959283

Edition: 1997

Authors: In-Jin Yoon

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The Los Angeles riots shattered Korean immigrants’ naive belief in the American dream. As many as 2,300 Korean shopkeepers lost their lifetime investments in one day. Korean immigrants had struggled for years to become economically independent through small businesses of their own. However, the riots made them realize how fragile their economic base is because their businesses are dependent on the impoverished, oppressed, and rebellious classes. In On My Own, In-Jin Yoon combines an intimate fieldwork account of Korean-black relations in Chicago and Los Angeles with extensive quantitative analysis at the national level. Yoon argues that a complete understanding of the contemporary…

Book details

List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 8/18/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 276
Size: 0.60" wide x 0.87" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



The State of Immigrant and Ethnic Entrepreneurship in America



The Social Origins of Korean Immigration to the United States, 1903 to the Present



Class, Family, and Ethnicity in Korean Immigrant Entrepreneurship



Who Is My Neighbor?: Korean-Black Relations in Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York City



Conclusion


Index