| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 274 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-270) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
The Los Angeles riots shattered Korean immigrantsâ 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 s. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Minority business enterprises -- United States.
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Minority business enterprises. |
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United States. |
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Korean American businesspeople.
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Korean American businesspeople. |
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African Americans -- Relations with Korean Americans.
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African Americans -- Relations with Korean Americans. |
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Small business -- United States.
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Small business. |
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Entrepreneurship -- United States.
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Entrepreneurship. |
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Korea (South) -- Emigration and immigration.
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Korea (South) |
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Emigration and immigration. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Yoon, In-Jin, 1963- On my own. Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 1997 0226959279 (DLC) 96039395 (OCoLC)35848950 |
| ISBN |
0226959295 (electronic book) |
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9780226959290 (electronic book) |
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9780226959283 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0226959287 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0226959279 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0226959287 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780226959276 |
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