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History of Asian Americans - Exploring Diverse Roots (Hardcover)
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History of Asian Americans - Exploring Diverse Roots (Hardcover)
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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. 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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