| Description |
xviii, 384 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: the significance of the Asian American experience -- The coming of the Chinese -- The anti-Chinese movement -- Chinese America, 1880-1941 -- The coming of the Japanese and the anti-Japanese movement -- Japanese America, 1920-1941 -- Asian Americans and World War II -- Asian Americans and the Cold War, 1945-1960 -- Epilogue: since 1960: the era of the model minority |
| Summary |
A factual account and clarification of the integral roles of Asians in American history focuses on the period between the mid-nineteenth century and the early 1980s |
| Analysis |
Asian History |
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Chinese History |
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Japanese History |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 345-372 |
| Subject |
Asian Americans -- History.
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Chinese Americans -- History.
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Japanese Americans -- History.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Emigration and immigration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140040
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| LC no. |
88005643 |
| ISBN |
0295966696 |
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