01270cam a2200229 i 4500 26896 BD-DhIUB 20230910115232.0 201113t20212021mduab b 001 0 eng d 9781793628534 (hbk.) BD-DhIUB 23 305.89507 Y59a Yoon, Won K., author. Asian tragedies in the Americas : Chinese, Japanese, and Korean stories / Won K. Yoon. Lanham : Lexington Books, c2021. 261 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-253) and index. Asian Tragedies in the Americas: Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Stories explores the stories of nineteenth-century East Asian migrants throughout the Americas, tracing the asymmetrical international conditions which shaped migrants' experiences. Won K.Yoon examines such phenomena as Chinese paper (fraudulent) wives and daughters, Korean picture marriages, and Japanese war brides, analyzing the impact of racism and colonialism on East Asian groups and family experiences in the West. -- Provided by publisher. East Asians America History 19th century. Chinese America History 19th century. ddc BK 0 26896 26855