Columbia Guide to Asian American History

Name: Columbia Guide to Asian American History
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ISBN: 9780231115117

ISBN-10: 0231115113

ISBN-13: 9780231115117

Edition: 2005

Authors: Gary Okihiro

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Offering a rich and insightful road map of Asian American history as it has evolved over more than 200 years, this book marks the first systematic attempt to take stock of this field of study. It examines, comments, and questions the changing assumptions and contexts underlying the experiences and contributions of an incredibly diverse population of Americans. Arriving and settling in this nation as early as the 1790s, with American-born generations stretching back more than a century, Asian Americans have become an integral part of the American experience; this cleverly organized book marks the trajectory of that journey, offering researchers invaluable information and interpretation. -…

Book details

List price: $36.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 3/30/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 0.61" wide x 0.90" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Introduction



Narrative Overview



Narrative History



Periodization


Standard Periodization


"Blacks" and "Asians" Periodization


South Asian Periodization


Korean Periodization


Gender Periodization



Historical Debates


Introduction



Hawai'i's Population Before European Contact


The Standard View


A Vast Undercount


Defending Schmitt


The Uncertainties of Projections



Hawaiians and Captain James Cook


Structural History


The Myth of Captain Cook


"Natives" versus Anthropologists



Migration


Immigration


Migrant Labor



The Anti-Chinese Movement


The California Thesis


Blaming the Victim


A National Problem


Race and Class


Exonerating Labor



America's Concentration Camps


Regional Pressure Groups


The Army and Government


Exonerating De Witt


The President


Hawai'i



Emerging Themes


Introduction



Space



Women and Gender


Textbooks


Methodology


Theory


History



The Law



Japanese American Resistance


The Conventional Interpretation


Resistance



Chronology



Historiography and Resources



Historiography


Anti-Asianists


Liberals


Asian Americanists



Resources



Books


Reference


Anti-Asianists


Liberals


General Works


Asian Indians


Chinese


Filipinos


Japanese


Koreans


Vietnamese and Southeast Asians


Asian Americanists


General Works


Cambodians


Chinese


Class Formation


Critical Race Theory and Legal Studies


Cultural Studies and Cultural Criticism


Education


Filipinos


Hmong


Identity and Psychology


Japanese


Koreans


Literature and Literary Criticism


Multiracials


Religion


Sexuality and Gender


South Asians


Transnationalism


Vietnamese


Women


Hawai'i, Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders



Visual Materials


Anti-Asianists


Liberals


Asian Americanists


General Works


Chinese


Cultural Studies and Cultural Criticism


Filipinos


Japanese


Koreans


Multiracials


Sexuality and Gender


South Asians


Vietnamese and Southeast Asians


Women


Hawai'i, Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders



Electronic Resources


General


Academic Institutions


Community Organizations


Index