New History of Asian America

Name: New History of Asian America
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ISBN: 9780415879545

ISBN-10: 041587954X

ISBN-13: 9780415879545

Edition: 2014

Authors: Shelley Sang-Hee Lee

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A New History of Asian America is an updated, synthetic, and interpretive history of Asians in the United States from the late 18th century to the present. The book illustrates for the undergraduate student the distinct aspects of the Asian American experience while presenting the narrative against the major trajectories and turning points of US history during the same period. The book covers themes such as imperialism, transnationalism, assimilation, race and citizenship, intra-Asian relations and construction of the category of "Asian American", as well as topics of specific concern to Asian-Americans within the flow of US history, including the construction of the railroad, the "Yellow…

Book details

List price: $38.99
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 10/4/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 8.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.848
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Introduction



Orientalism before Asian America



The Asian Diaspora in the Pre-Exclusion Years



Making a Living: The Politics and Economics of Work before the 1930s



Social Intimacy and Asian American Communities before World War II



Racism and the Anti-Asian Movements



Response and Resistance



Americanization, Modernity, and the Second Generation through the 1930s



Asian Americans and the Crucible of World War II



Asian America in the Early Cold War Years



The Vietnam War, Southeast Asians, and the Transformation of Asian America



Politics and Activism in Asian America in the 1960s and 1970s



The Watershed of 1965 and the Remaking of Asian America



Reckonings: Asian America in the Late Twentieth Century


Epilogue


Bibliography


Index