Ellen D Wu: 3 books
The Color of Success
Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2013
The Color of Success tells of the astonishing transformation of Asians in the United States from the "yellow peril" to "model minorities"--peoples distinct from the white majority but lauded as well-assimilated, upwardly mobile, and exemplars of traditional family values--in the middle decades of...
Race and Retail
Consumption across the Color Line
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
Race has long shaped shopping experiences for many Americans. Retail exchanges and establishments have made headlines as flashpoints for conflict not only between blacks and whites, but also between whites, Mexicans, Asian Americans, and a wide variety of other ethnic groups, who have at times found...
Warring over Valor
How Race and Gender Shaped American Military Heroism in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
By focusing on how the idea of heroism on the battlefield helped construct, perpetuate, and challenge racial and gender hierarchies in the United States between World War I and the present, Warring over Valor provides fresh perspectives on the history of American military heroism. The book offers...