A comprehensive survey, Asian American History places Asian
immigration to America in international and domestic contexts, and
explores the significant elements that define Asian America:
imperialism and global capitalist expansion, labor and capital,
race and ethnicity, immigration and exclusion, family and work,
community and gender roles, assimilation and multiculturalism,
panethnicity and identity, transnationalism and globalization, and
new challenges and opportunities. It is an up-to-date and easily
accessible resource for high school and college students, as well
as anyone who is interested in Asian American history. Asian
American History: Covers the major and minor Asian American ethnic
groups. It presents the myriad and poignant stories of a diverse
body of Asian Americans, from illiterate immigrants to influential
individuals, within a broad and comparative framework, offering
microscopic narratives as well as macroscopic analysis and
overviews. Utilizes both primary and secondary sources, employs
data and surveys, and incorporates most recent scholarly
discourses. Attractive and accessible by incorporating voices and
illustrations of the contemporaries and by using straightforward
language and concise syntax, while maintaining a reasonable level
of scholarly depth. Special features: Each chapter features
Significant Events, Sidebars incorporating primary sources or
scholarly debates, Review Questions, and Further Readings to aid
and enhance student learning experience. Bibliographies, charts,
maps, photographs and tables are included. Written by a preeminent
historian with four decades of teaching, research, and publishing
experiences in Asian American history, it is the best book on the
subject to date.
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