The Columbia Guide to Asian American History / / Gary Okihiro.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Okihiro, Gary,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2005]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Series: Columbia Guides to American History and Cultures
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (352 p.)

Offering a rich and insightful road map of Asian American history as it has evolved over more than 200 years, this book marks the first systematic attempt to take stock of this field of study. It examines, comments, and questions the changing assumptions and contexts underlying the experiences and contributions of an incredibly diverse population of Americans. Arriving and settling in this nation as early as the 1790s, with American-born generations stretching back more than a century, Asian Americans have become an integral part of the American experience; this cleverly organized book marks the trajectory of that journey, offering researchers invaluable information and interpretation.• Part 1 offers a synoptic narrative history, a chronology, and a set of periodizations that reflect different ways of constructing the Asian American past. • Part 2 presents lucid discussions of historical debates-such as interpreting the anti-Chinese movement of the late 1800s and the underlying causes of Japanese American internment during World War II-and such emerging themes as transnationalism and women and gender issues. • Part 3 contains a historiographical essay and a wide-ranging compilation of book, film, and electronic resources for further study of core themes and groups, including Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Hmong, Indian, Korean, Vietnamese, and others.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part 1. Narrative Overview -- 1. Narrative History -- 2. Periodization -- Part 2. Historical Debates -- Introduction -- 1. Hawai'i's Population Before European Contact -- 2. Hawaiians and Captain James Cook -- 3. Migration -- 4. The Anti-Chinese Movement -- 5. America's Concentration Camps -- Part 3. Emerging Themes -- Introduction -- 1. Space -- 2. Women and Gender -- 3. The Law -- 4. Japanese American Resistance -- Part 4. Chronology -- Chronology -- Part 5. Historiography and Resources -- 1. Historiography -- 2. Resources -- Index