Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-372) and index.
Contents
Introduction: the significance of the Asian American experience -- The coming of the Chinese -- The anti-Chinese movement -- Chinese America, 1880-1941 -- The coming of the Japanese and the anti-Japanese movement -- Japanese America, 1920-1941 -- Asian Americans and World War II -- Asian Americans and the Cold War, 1945-1960 -- Epilogue: since 1960: the era of the model minority.
Summary
A factual account and clarification of the integral roles of Asians in American history focuses on the period between the mid-nineteenth century and the early 1980s.
Reproduction
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2022. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book])