HIST 114 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Santa Barbara City College
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Traditional chinese culture was alive in america in chinatowns, but the representation of the chinese people was very different in the mainstream american media. In 1938, the japanese army had taken over many of the coastal chinese cities, as had many of northern and central china: tens of thousands of people were killed in the process. In 1941 southern china was occupied by the japanese military: this area encompassed guangdong province, from which most chinese immigrants had come. It"s changed life for everyone in america, too. The world at war: japanese aircraft sunk more than 100 american ships anchored on 7 december. In europe, the second world war (1939 1945) was already raging, and the. Japanese army fought in china for ten years: the pearl harbor attack brought the united states into world war ii, the chinese-american party strongly supported a us-led war effort against japan.
