Asians have migrated to North America for centuries, in search of
opportunities and conveyed by increasingly dense, international
circuits of trade, labor markets, and family networks. Drawn by the
riches promised by the relatively undeveloped, but not unpopulated,
New World, Asians joined a diverse array of immigrants arriving in
capacities such as merchants, farmers, fishermen, soldiers,
missionaries, artists and artisans, industrial and agricultural
laborers, technicians and scientists, journalists, sailors,
diplomats, tourists, bankers, students, and entrepreneurs of every
stripe. They contributed significantly to the massive
transformation of the United States into the wealthiest and most
powerful nation in the world, particularly on the west coast and
Hawaii. Unlike their European counterparts, however, Asians
challenged American conceptions of racial homogeneity and national
culture which produced legislative and institutional efforts to
segregate them through immigration laws, restrictions on
citizenship, and limits on employment, property ownership, access
to public services, and civil rights. Only with World War II, the
Cold War, and the Civil Rights era's remaking of racial ideologies
and forging of a more egalitarian, multiethnic democracy Asian
Americans have gained ground and acceptance, albeit in the still
stereotyped category of 'model minorities'. Asian American History:
A Very Short Introduction provides a narrative interpretation of
key themes that emerge in the history of Asian migrations to North
America. Clearly written and elegantly argued, this book
complements typical American history narratives by highlighting how
Asian immigration has shaped the evolution of ideological and legal
interpretations of America as a 'nation of immigrants'. ABOUT THE
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