University of Hawai'i Press
The Dreams of Two Yi-min
-
Margaret K. Pai
About this book
Few personal accounts have been written about early Korean immigrants (yi-min) to Hawaii. In The Dreams of Two Yi-min Margaret Pai recounts the experiences of her parents, Do In Kwon and Hee Kyung Lee, while unfolding the rich fabric of Korean society and culture in Japanese-occupied Korea and Hawaii’s Korean immigrant community during the early years of this century.
Pai tells her mother’s arrival in Honolulu as a “picture bride” and of her return to Korea and subsequent imprisonment by the Japanese for her participation in the demonstration of March 1, 1919. Pai also tells the story of her father—a man deemed odd, intelligent, and even crazy by friends and competitors alike— and of his passion for inventing and talent for business.
The Dreams of Two Yi-min is an honest and affectionate portrait of two courageous and strong-willed people. It is the story of the search for a good life, a search that forms a part of the larger history of the Korean experience in Hawaii.
Topics
-
Download PDFPublicly Available
Frontmatter
I -
Download PDFPublicly Available
Contents
VII -
Download PDFPublicly Available
Preface
IX -
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
CHAPTER 1 The New World
1 -
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
CHAPTER 2 For a Cause
10 -
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
CHAPTER 3 Two Prison Terms
24 -
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
CHAPTER 4 The Tragic Split
34 -
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
CHAPTER 5 A Scholarly Beginning
43 -
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
CHAPTER 6 The House on Pele Street
50 -
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
CHAPTER 7 Starting Anew
59 -
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
CHAPTER 8 Growing Up in a Factory
75 -
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
CHAPTER 9 Taking a Gamble
86 -
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
CHAPTER 10 A Successful Invention at Last
94 -
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
CHAPTER 11 Greed and Inhumanity
100 -
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
CHAPTER 12 The Miyoshi Bamboo
108 -
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
CHAPTER 13 Poinciana
116 -
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
CHAPTER 14 Romantic Spring of '42
125 -
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
CHAPTER 15 Old Men and Ladies' Handbags
134 -
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
CHAPTER 16 The Peace after Bombs
144 -
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
CHAPTER 17 A Dirge for a Wedding
150 -
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
CHAPTER 18 The Korean Consulate
159 -
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
CHAPTER 19 Mr. J
166 -
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
CHAPTER 20 In the Big City
171 -
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
CHAPTER 21 Losing the Gamble
181 -
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
CHAPTER 22 Up in Smoke
191 -
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
Epilogue
196 -
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
Glossary
197 -
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
Index
199 -
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
About the Author
201
