Asians in Colorado : A History of Persecution and Perseverance in the Centennial State.

Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Once Upon a Time in the West -- 1 Imperialism, Nationalism, and the Coming of Asians to Colorado -- 2 Chinese Pioneers: Looking for Work, Finding Violence Instead -- 3 Exotic Oasis in the Queen City of the West -- 4 Importing Chinese Prostitutes, Excluding Chinese Wives -- 5 The Denver Race Riot and Its Aftermath -- 6 Japanese Immigrants: From Feudal Peasants to Independent Farmers -- 7 Yellow Peril: From Threatening Chinamen to Treacherous Japan -- 8 A Concentration Camp in the Centennial State -- 9 Loyalty and Betrayal on the Home Front -- 10 Asian Colorado's Greatest Generation -- Epilogue: Coming to America, Again -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

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