The First Asians in the Americas : A Transpacific History / Diego Javier Luis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Luis, Diego Javier, 1992- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asians--Latin America--History.

Asians.

Asians--Migrations--Latin America--History.

Enslaved persons--Latin America--History.

Enslaved persons.

Racism against Asians--Latin America--History.

Racism against Asians.

Asians--Race identity--Latin America--History.

Mexico--History--Spanish colony, 1540-1810.

Mexico.

Asia--Emigration and immigration--History.

Asia.

Latin America--Emigration and immigration--History.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2024]

Summary:

Diego Javier Luis tells the story of transpacific Asian movement to and through the Spanish Americas. On arrival in Mexico, diverse Asian peoples became "chinos" subject to the colonial caste system. Tracing Asian resistance and adaptation to New Spanish ideas of race, Luis presents a Pacific-focused narrative of the colonial Americas.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

A Note on Terminology

Timeline

Introduction

1. The Fragile Convivencia of Colonial Manila

2. The Pacific Passage

3. Merchants and Gunslingers

4. Contesting Enslavement in New Spain

5. Trajectories beyond Central Mexico

6. The Elusive Eighteenth Century

Conclusion

Appendix: The 1751 Review of the Crew of La Santísima Trinidad y Nuestra Señora del Buen Fin

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Luis, Diego Javier The First Asians in the Americas

ISBN:

0-674-29495-5