Remapping Asian American History
Published on 22. October 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-7591-0480-8 (ISBN)
Description
Remapping Asian American History exemplifies the emerging trends in the writing of Asian American history, and fills substantive gaps in our knowledge about particular Asian ethnic groups. Edited by noted scholar Sucheng Chan, the essays in this volume uses new frameworks such as transnationalism, the political contexts of international migrations, and a multipolar approach to the study of contemporary U.S. race relations. These concerns, often ignored in earlier studies that focused on social and economic aspects of Asian American communities, challenge some long-held assumptions about Asian American communities and point to new directions in Asian American historiography. Historians, students, and teachers of anthropology, Asian and Asian American Studies, race and ethnic studies, U.S. immigration history, and American Studies will find this collection invaluable.
Reviews / Votes
Since the book covers diverse topics, scholars will pick and choose articles according to their individual interests. Whatever their choice, they will encounter careful research and interesting approaches. -- J.P Rodechko, Wilkes University (emeritus) * Choice Reviews *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
California
United States
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
438 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7591-0480-8 (9780759104808)
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Persons
Sucheng Chan is Professor Emerita of Asian American Studies and Global Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and former chair of its Asian American Studies Department. She has also taught at UC Berkeley and served as Provost of Oakes College at UC Santa Cruz.
Content
Part 1 Introduction: Underexplored Topics, Emerging Frameworks
Part 2 Part One: Underexplored Topics
Chapter 3 Chapter 1: Chinese American Experiences in a New England Mill City: Lowell Massachusetts, 1876-1967
Chapter 4 Chapter 2: Revisiting New York's Chinatown, 1900-1930
Chapter 5 Chapter 3: Forgotten Families: The Development of the Chinese American Community in San Francisco, 1860-1880
Chapter 6 Chapter 4: Testing Assumptions: IQ, Japanese Americans, and the Model Minority Myth in the 1920s and 1930s
Chapter 7 Chapter 5: A Finer Set of Hopes and Dreams: The Japanese American Citizens League and Ethnic Community in Cincinnati, Ohio 1942-1950
Chapter 8 Chapter 6: Wrong Face, Wrong Name: The Return of Japanese American Veterans to Hood River, Oregon, after World War II
Chapter 9 Chapter 7: Return to the Wars: Jimmie Omura's 1947 Crusade Against the Japanese American Citizens League
Part 10 Part II: Emerging Frameworks
Chapter 11 Chapter 8: "Life is a Gamble": State Policies, Gender, and the Global Context of Filipino Migration to the United States
Chapter 12 Chapter 9: Politics and the Indochinese Refugees Exodus, 1975-1997
Chapter 13 Chapter 10: The Politics of Race and Redistricting in California, 2000-2002
Part 14 Afterword
Part 15 About the Editors
Part 16 Index
Part 2 Part One: Underexplored Topics
Chapter 3 Chapter 1: Chinese American Experiences in a New England Mill City: Lowell Massachusetts, 1876-1967
Chapter 4 Chapter 2: Revisiting New York's Chinatown, 1900-1930
Chapter 5 Chapter 3: Forgotten Families: The Development of the Chinese American Community in San Francisco, 1860-1880
Chapter 6 Chapter 4: Testing Assumptions: IQ, Japanese Americans, and the Model Minority Myth in the 1920s and 1930s
Chapter 7 Chapter 5: A Finer Set of Hopes and Dreams: The Japanese American Citizens League and Ethnic Community in Cincinnati, Ohio 1942-1950
Chapter 8 Chapter 6: Wrong Face, Wrong Name: The Return of Japanese American Veterans to Hood River, Oregon, after World War II
Chapter 9 Chapter 7: Return to the Wars: Jimmie Omura's 1947 Crusade Against the Japanese American Citizens League
Part 10 Part II: Emerging Frameworks
Chapter 11 Chapter 8: "Life is a Gamble": State Policies, Gender, and the Global Context of Filipino Migration to the United States
Chapter 12 Chapter 9: Politics and the Indochinese Refugees Exodus, 1975-1997
Chapter 13 Chapter 10: The Politics of Race and Redistricting in California, 2000-2002
Part 14 Afterword
Part 15 About the Editors
Part 16 Index