In this important and masterful synthesis of the Chinese and
Japanese experience in America, historian Roger Daniels provides a
new perspective on the significance of Asian immigration to the
United States. Examining the period from the mid-nineteenth century
to the early 1980s, Daniels presents a basic history comprising the
political and socioeconomic background of Chinese and Japanese
immigration and acculturation. He draws distinctions and points out
similarities not only between Chinese and Japanese but between
Asian and European immigration experiences, clarifying the integral
role of Asians in American history. Daniels' research is impressive
and his evidence is solid. In forthright prose, he suggests fresh
assessments of the broad patterns of the Asian American experience,
illuminating the recurring tensions within our modern multiracial
society. His detailed supporting material is woven into a rich
historical fabric which also gives personal voice to the tenacious
individualism of the immigrant. The book is organized topically and
chronologically, beginning with the emigration of each ethnic group
and concluding with an epilogue that looks to the future from the
perspective of the last two decades of Chinese and Japanese
American history. Included in this survey are discussions of the
reasons for emigration; the conditions of emigration; the fate of
first generation immigrants; the reception of immigrants by the
United States government and its people; the growth of immigrant
communities; the effects of discriminatory legislation; the impact
of World War II and the succeeding Cold War era on Chinese and
Japanese Americans; and the history of Asian Americans during the
last twenty years. This timely and thought-provoking volume will be
of value not only to specialists in Asian American history and
culture but to students and general historians of American life.
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