Quiet Odyssey A Pioneer Korean Woman in America

Name: Quiet Odyssey A Pioneer Korean Woman in America
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ISBN: 9780295969695

ISBN-10: 0295969695

ISBN-13: 9780295969695

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Authors: Mary Paik Lee, Sucheng Chan

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Mary Paik Lee, born Paik Kuang Sun in 1900, left her native country in 1905, traveling with her parents as a political refugee after Japan imposed control over Korea at the close of the Russo-Japanese War. Her father labored in the sugar plantations of Hawaii for a year and a half before taking his family to California, where Mrs. Lee has lived ever since. Though her father knew the comforts enjoyed by the educated traditional elite in Korea, after emigration he and his family shared the poverty stricken existence endured by thousands of Asian immigrants in early twentieth century America. Mrs. Lee's parents earned their living as farm laborers, tenant farmers, cooks, and janitors, and the…

Book details

List price: $22.95
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Publication date: 1/1/1990
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 5.50" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English