Korean Communities in America: Past, Present, and Future
Korean Communities in America: Past, Present, and Future
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美国的韩国人社区:过去、现在和未来
DOI:
10.17953/amer.10.2.c18u877570565j30
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发表时间:
1983
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影响因子:
0.4
通讯作者:
E. Yu
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作者:
E. Yu
Despite the resurgence of Korean American communities in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, and other parts of the United States, little is known about these vital, rapidly expanding communities. This paper will present a general introduction to the past experience, present status, and future directions of the Koreans of America. Koreans have immigrated to the United States in three waves. The first wave, consisting of some seven thousand farm workers and their families recruited to work in the sugarcane fields of Hawaii, arrived between 1903 and 1905. They were followed by about one thousand picture brides between 1910 and 1924. During and shortly after this period, about nine hundred Korean students, intellectuals, and political exiles also arrived. This latter group formed the core of Korean community leadership in America during the pre-World War I1 period.' There was no more immigration from Korea after 1924 until the end of World War 11. The second wave consisted of Koreans who entered the United States between 1945 and 1964. About one hundred persons, mostly students, came between 1945 and the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950. Many of them later became permanent