The Color of Success: Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority

by Ellen D. Wu

Book Overview

The Color of Success tells of the astonishing transformation of Asians in the United States from the "yellow peril" to "model minorities"--peoples distinct from the white majority but lauded as well-assimilated, upwardly mobile, and exemplars of traditional family values--in the middle decades of the twentieth century. As Ellen Wu shows, liberals argued for the acceptance of these immigrant communities into the national fold, charging that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691168024
• ISBN13: 9780691168029
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"