Yellow Peril!

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Smart, funny, comprehensive, and theoretically astute. -- Nell Irvin Painter, author of <i>The History of White People</i> A kaleidoscopic study rich in historical depth, topical breadth, and critical rigor. -- John Dower, author of <i>Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II</i> An insightful new anthology. -- Steven Heller * Atlantic * A comprehensive archive of the underbelly of anxiety and hatred. As the US economy suffers from acute indigestion, 'China,' like 'Japan' before it, will provide a dishonest salve. Close attention to the history of the 'yellow peril' will protect the good-minded from falling deep into the well of is virulence. -- Vijay Prashad, author of <i>The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South</i> This brilliant, well-documented book provides much-needed historical perspectives on oriental-phobia, and other racist and racial ways of thinking. -- Jack G. Shaheen, author of <i>Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People</i> An exhaustive but not exhausting set of readings. -- Sander L. Gilman, author of <i>Smart Jews</i> and <i>Fat: A Cultural History of Obesity</i> In this illuminating book, Tchen and Yeats address the political and cultural legacy of yellow perilism, that set of beliefs and practices stemming from a long tradition of othering, identity formation, and binary divisions of 'the West' and 'the East' . What emerges is a compelling case that cultural and political change is needed, and that change is possible only through 'historical recognition,' which, Tchen and Yeats say, leads to 'reckoning and action.' * Publishers Weekly *