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Author Yun, In-jin, 1963-

Title On my own : Korean businesses and race relations in America / In-Jin Yoon
Published Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 1997

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 274 pages) : illustrations, maps
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-270) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Minority business enterprises -- United States.
Korean American businesspeople.
African Americans -- Relations with Korean Americans.
Small business -- United States
Entrepreneurship -- United States
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Small Business.
African Americans -- Relations with Korean Americans
Emigration and immigration
Entrepreneurship
Korean American businesspeople
Minority business enterprises
Small business
Korea (South) -- Emigration and immigration
Korea (South)
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0226959295
9780226959290
9780226959283
0226959287