| This study examines the uneven incorporation of Chinese-Americans within U.S. mainstream society during the early Cold War years from 1946 to 1965. It develops three areas of inquiry which dictated the terms of minority incorporation in early Cold War America: (1) surburbanization; (2) culture of the first; and (3) anti-Communist hysteria. The focus on race and how it works together with gender, class, sexuality, and nationality to organize and shape social relations in U.S. society makes significant contributions to the study of Cold War culture. Moreover, as the study of race relations is primarily situated within the urban area of Los Angeles between 1946 to 1965, it highlights a period rarely covered in Asian American history and a city, Los Angeles, that is largely understudied. This study relies heavily on newspaper and magazine articles, legal documents, along with oral interviews as the basis of historical inquiry and analysis. |
