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The Dreams of Two Yi-min / Margaret K. Pai.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©1989Description: 1 online resource (216 p.) : illusContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780824844721
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 996.9/004957024
LOC classification:
  • DU624.7.K67 P34 1989eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1 The New World -- CHAPTER 2 For a Cause -- CHAPTER 3 Two Prison Terms -- CHAPTER 4 The Tragic Split -- CHAPTER 5 A Scholarly Beginning -- CHAPTER 6 The House on Pele Street -- CHAPTER 7 Starting Anew -- CHAPTER 8 Growing Up in a Factory -- CHAPTER 9 Taking a Gamble -- CHAPTER 10 A Successful Invention at Last -- CHAPTER 11 Greed and Inhumanity -- CHAPTER 12 The Miyoshi Bamboo -- CHAPTER 13 Poinciana -- CHAPTER 14 Romantic Spring of '42 -- CHAPTER 15 Old Men and Ladies' Handbags -- CHAPTER 16 The Peace after Bombs -- CHAPTER 17 A Dirge for a Wedding -- CHAPTER 18 The Korean Consulate -- CHAPTER 19 Mr. J -- CHAPTER 20 In the Big City -- CHAPTER 21 Losing the Gamble -- CHAPTER 22 Up in Smoke -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Index -- About the Author
Summary: Few personal accounts have been written about early Korean immigrants (yi-min) to Hawaii. In The Dreams of Two Yi-min Margaret Pai recounts the experiences of her parents, Do In Kwon and Hee Kyung Lee, while unfolding the rich fabric of Korean society and culture in Japanese-occupied Korea and Hawaii’s Korean immigrant community during the early years of this century.Pai tells her mother’s arrival in Honolulu as a “picture bride” and of her return to Korea and subsequent imprisonment by the Japanese for her participation in the demonstration of March 1, 1919. Pai also tells the story of her father—a man deemed odd, intelligent, and even crazy by friends and competitors alike— and of his passion for inventing and talent for business.The Dreams of Two Yi-min is an honest and affectionate portrait of two courageous and strong-willed people. It is the story of the search for a good life, a search that forms a part of the larger history of the Korean experience in Hawaii.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1 The New World -- CHAPTER 2 For a Cause -- CHAPTER 3 Two Prison Terms -- CHAPTER 4 The Tragic Split -- CHAPTER 5 A Scholarly Beginning -- CHAPTER 6 The House on Pele Street -- CHAPTER 7 Starting Anew -- CHAPTER 8 Growing Up in a Factory -- CHAPTER 9 Taking a Gamble -- CHAPTER 10 A Successful Invention at Last -- CHAPTER 11 Greed and Inhumanity -- CHAPTER 12 The Miyoshi Bamboo -- CHAPTER 13 Poinciana -- CHAPTER 14 Romantic Spring of '42 -- CHAPTER 15 Old Men and Ladies' Handbags -- CHAPTER 16 The Peace after Bombs -- CHAPTER 17 A Dirge for a Wedding -- CHAPTER 18 The Korean Consulate -- CHAPTER 19 Mr. J -- CHAPTER 20 In the Big City -- CHAPTER 21 Losing the Gamble -- CHAPTER 22 Up in Smoke -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Index -- About the Author

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Few personal accounts have been written about early Korean immigrants (yi-min) to Hawaii. In The Dreams of Two Yi-min Margaret Pai recounts the experiences of her parents, Do In Kwon and Hee Kyung Lee, while unfolding the rich fabric of Korean society and culture in Japanese-occupied Korea and Hawaii’s Korean immigrant community during the early years of this century.Pai tells her mother’s arrival in Honolulu as a “picture bride” and of her return to Korea and subsequent imprisonment by the Japanese for her participation in the demonstration of March 1, 1919. Pai also tells the story of her father—a man deemed odd, intelligent, and even crazy by friends and competitors alike— and of his passion for inventing and talent for business.The Dreams of Two Yi-min is an honest and affectionate portrait of two courageous and strong-willed people. It is the story of the search for a good life, a search that forms a part of the larger history of the Korean experience in Hawaii.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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