Making of Asian America
by Erika Lee
Description
This sweeping history traces the experiences of Asian Americans from the earliest transpacific encounters and immigrant labor migrations to the communities, activism, and new arrivals that have shaped the United States in the modern era. It examines the forces of opportunity and exclusion—including racial discrimination, restrictive immigration laws, wartime incarceration, and the pressures surrounding the “model minority” stereotype—while highlighting the resilience and agency of generations of Asian immigrants and their descendants. Drawing on global history and social analysis, the book reveals how Asian American lives have continually transformed ideas of race, citizenship, belonging, and the American nation.
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paperback
Simon & Schuster, Limited
Published Jan 1, 2015
ISBN: 9781476739427
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Details
First Published
2015
Language
eng
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