History of Asian Americans: Exploring Diverse Roots

Lee, Jonathan H. X.

ISBN 10: 0313384584 / ISBN 13: 9780313384585

Published by Greenwood, Santa Barbara, California, 2015

About this Item

Ex-library with the usual library markings (if not for the library markings this copy would be graded in fine condition); overall a nice used copy! Black and white pictorial boards with yellow and white lettering. 210 historical and informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "A comprehensive, compelling, and clearly written title that provides a rich examination of the history of Asians in the United States, covering well-established Asian American groups as well as emerging ones such as the Burmese, Bhutanese, and Tibetan American communities. · Examines Asian migration to the United States and the resulting formation of diverse Asian American communities that include Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, South Asian, and Vietnamese and new emerging Asian American communities such as the Burmese, Bhutanese, and Tibetan American · Compares 19th-century Asian American history in Hawaii with that on the American mainland · Employs racialization and push-pull theories as well as a transnational approach to document the rich and diverse experiences of Asians in the United States.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: History of Asian Americans: Exploring Diverse Roots
• Publisher: Greenwood, Santa Barbara, California
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0313384584
• ISBN 13: 9780313384585
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 23 ounces

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Synopsis

A comprehensive, compelling, and clearly written title that provides a rich examination of the history of Asians in the United States, covering well-established Asian American groups as well as emerging ones such as the Burmese, Bhutanese, and Tibetan American communities.

History of Asian Americans: Exploring Diverse Roots supplies a concise, easy-to-use, yet comprehensive resource on Asian American history. Chronologically organized, it starts with Chinese immigration to the United States and concludes with coverage of the most recent Asian migrant populations, describing Asian American lives and experiences and documenting them as an essential part of the continuously evolving American experience and mosaic.

The book discusses domestic as well as international influencing factors in Asian American history, thereby providing information within a transnational framework. An ideal resource for high school and undergraduate level students as well as general readers interested in learning about the history of Asian Americans, the chapters employ critical racialization and ethnic studies discourses that put Asian and Asian Americans subjects in an insightful comparative perspective. The book also specifically addresses the important roles played by Asian American women across history.

About the Author

Jonathan H. X. Lee is an associate professor of Asian American studies who specializes in Southeast Asian and Sino-Southeast Asian American studies at San Francisco State University, USA. He is editor-in-chief of Chinese America: History & Perspectives, a peer-review journal published by the Chinese Historical Society of America.