| Description |
1 online resource (689 pages) |
| Series |
Columbia Guides to American History and Cultures |
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Columbia guides to American history and cultures.
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| Contents |
pt. 1. Narrative overview -- 1. Narrative history -- 2. Periodization -- Standard periodization -- "Blacks" and "Asians" periodization -- South Asian periodization -- South Asian periodization -- Korean periodization -- Gender periodization -- pt. 2. Historical debates -- Introduction -- 1. Hawai'i's population before European contact -- The standard view -- A vast undercount -- Defending Schmitt -- The uncertainties of projections -- 2. Hawaiians and Captain James Cook -- Structural history -- The myth of Captain Cook -- "Natives" versus anthropologists -- 3. Migration -- Immigration -- Migrant labor -- 4. The anti-Chinese movement -- The California thesis -- Blaming the victim -- A national problem -- Race and class -- Exonerating labor -- 5. America's concentration camps -- Regional pressure groups -- The Army and government -- Exonerating De Witt -- The President -- Hawai'i -- pt. 3. Emerging themes -- Introduction -- 1. Space -- 2. women and gender -- Textbooks -- Methodology -- Theory -- History -- 3. The law -- 4. Japanese American resistance -- The conventional interpretation -- Resistance -- pt. 4. Chronology -- pt. 5. Historiography and resources -- 1. Historiography -- 2. Resources |
| Summary |
Offering a rich and insightful road map of Asian American history as it has evolved over more than 200 years, this book marks the first systematic attempt to take stock of this field of study. It examines, comments, and questions the changing assumptions and contexts underlying the experiences and contributions of an incredibly diverse population of Americans. Arriving and settling in this nation as early as the 1790s, with American-born generations stretching back more than a century, Asian Americans have become an integral part of the American experience; this cleverly organized book marks t |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Asian Americans -- History
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Asian Americans
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780231505956 |
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0231505957 |
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