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The making of Asian America : a history / Erika Lee.
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Ebook Central Perpetual, DDA and Subscription Titles- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lee, Erika, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Asian Americans--History.
- Asian Americans.
- History.
- Asians--United States--History.
- Asians.
- Ethnic relations.
- Emigration and immigration.
- United States--Emigration and immigration--History.
- United States.
- South Asia--Emigration and immigration--History.
- South Asia.
- United States--Ethnic relations--History.
- Racism--United States--History.
- Racism.
- United States--Race relations--History.
- Race relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 519 pages) : illustrations, map
- Edition:
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 2015.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- pt. I: Beginnings: Asians in the Americas : Los Chinos in New Spain and Asians in early America ; Coolies
- pt. II: The making of Asian America during the age of mass migration and Asian exclusion : Chinese immigrants in search of Gold Mountain ; "The Chinese must go!": the anti-Chinese movement ; Japanese immigrants and the "yellow peril" ; "We must struggle in exile": Korean immigrants ; South Asian immigrants and the "Hindu invasion" ; "We have heard much of America": Filipinos in the U.S. empire ; Border crossings and border enforcement: undocumented Asian immigration
- pt. III: Asian America in a world at war : "Military necessity": the uprooting of Japanese Americans during World War II ; "Grave injustices": the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II ; Good war, Cold War
- pt. IV.: Remaking Asian America in a globalized world : Making a new Asian America through immigration and activism ; In search of refuge: Southeast Asians in the United States ; Making a new home: Hmong refugees and Hmong Americans ; Transnational immigrants and global Americans
- pt. V: Twenty-first-century Asian Americans : The "rise of Asian Americans"?: Myths and realities
- Epilogue: Redefining America in the twenty-first century.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-502) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781476739427
- 1476739420
- Publisher Number:
- 99984608944
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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