Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-270) and index.
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.
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In On My Own, In Jin Yoon combines an intimate fieldwork account of Korean-black relations in Chicago and Los Angeles with extensive quantitative analysis at the national level. Yoon argues that a complete understanding of the contemporary Korean American community requires systematic analyses of pattern of Korean immigration, entrepreneurship, and race relations with other minority groups. He explains how small business has become the major economic activity of Korean immigrants and how Korean businesses in minority neighborhoods have intensified racial tensions between Koreans and minorities like blacks and Latinos.
African Americans-- Relations with Korean Americans.