On My Own: Korean Businesses and Race Relations in America PDF
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This Page Intentionally Left Blank This Page Intentionally Left Blank K O R E A N B U S I N E S S E S A N D R A C E R E L A T I O N S I N A M E R I C A The University of Chicago Press / Chicago 6L ondon In-Jin Yoon is assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at Korea University. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637 The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London 0 1997 by The University of Chicago All rights reserved. Published 1997 Printed in the United States of America 0605 0403 02 01009998 97 5 4 3 2 1 ISBN (cloth): 0-226-95927-9 ISBN (paper): 0-226-95928-7 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Yoon, In-Jin, 1963- On my own : Korean businesses and race relations in America / In- Jin Yoon. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-226-95927-9. - ISBN 0-226-95928-7 (pbk.) 1. Minority business enterprises-United States. 2. Korean Amer- ican businesspeople. 3. Afro-Americans-Relations with Korean Americans. 4. Small business-United States. 5. Entrepreneur- ship-United States. 6. Korea (South)-Emigration and immigra- tion. I. Title. HD2346.USY66 1997 3 3 8.6'422 '08995 7073 -dc2 1 96-3 93 95 CIP @ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences-Perma- nence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI 239.48-1984. I dedicate this book t o my parents and my wife, who have sustained me with their constant love, faith, and prayer: This Page Intentionally Left Blank C O N T E N T S Preface ix Introduction 1 0- The State of Immigrant and Ethnic Entrepreneurship in America 11 The Social Origins of Korean Immigration to the United States, 1903 to the Present 48 Class, Family, and Ethnicity in Korean Immigrant Entrepreneurship 100 F O W E t Who Is My Neighbor?: Korean-Black Relations in Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York City 174 - Conclusion 229 vii ... C O N T E N T S Notes 239 Bibliography 2 5 3 Index 271
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