The Korean American War for Independence (1910-1945)
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Takaragawa, Stephanie
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Chapman University
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2020
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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91
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
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M.A.
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Chapman University
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2020
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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From 1910 to 1945, while the Korean peninsula was a protectorate- and eventual colony- of the Empire of Japan, Koreans in the United States began an arduous process to maintain their sense of identity in a new land, and struggled to have a voice in a society that rejected their race. As a people in diasporic exile, Korean Americans engaged in a collective war for their independence by gathering resources to liberate Korea and committing extraordinary effort to deconstruct contrived stereotypes of Koreans. There are a number of forms of primary sources that corroborate the major arguments of the thesis, including early Korean American- and American- newspaper reporting, first-hand testimonials, propaganda editorials, military and government documents, statements, and letters.