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This collection, designed to be the primary anthology or textbook for courses in Asian American history, covers the subject's entire chronological span. The volume presents a carefully selected group of readings that requires students to evaluate primary sources, test the interpretations of distinguished historians, and draw their own conclusions.
Contents
1. Framing Asian American HistoryESSAYSRoger Daniels, Neglect and Distortion of Asian Americans by American HistoriansRonald Takaki, The Centrality of Racism in Asian American HistorySylvia Yanagisako, Rethinking the Centrality of Racism in Asian American HistoryPaul Ong, Edna Bonacich, and Lucie Cheng, Capitalist Restructuring and the New Asian ImmigrationBill Ong Hing, What Does It Mean to Be Asian American?2. Colonization, Pacific Markets, and Asian Labor Migration to the United States Before the Civil WarDOCUMENTSChinese Emperor Decries Market Expansion in South China, 1727An American Trader Recommends a Route from California to China, 1850Writer Ralph Waldo Emerson Excoriates Chinese Civilization, 1824Hawaiians Petition the Privy Council to Halt Foreign Influence in the Islands, and the Council Replies, 1845A Foreigner Speculates on Hawaiian Land Acquisition, 1849American Commodore M.C. Perry Opens Up the Japanese Market, 1856New York Times Heralds New Trade with China and Japan, 1858Researcher Traces Early Nineteenth-Century Origins of Filipino American Family, 1988ESSAYSYong Chen, Origins of Chinese Emigration to CaliforniaRonald Takaki, Native and Asian Labor in the Colonization of Hawai''i3. The Work of National Expansion in the American West, 1848-1908DOCUMENTSWriter J. D. Borthwick Observes Chinese Miners in California, 1857Chinese Laborers Report on a Race Riot at Rock Springs, Wyoming Territory, 1885Journalist Helen Grey Exposes the Activities of a Chinese Brothel Owner, 1899Chinese Merchant Lee Wong Hing''s Store in Holyoke, Massachusetts, 1904Leading Japanese Intellectual Encourages Westernization, 1875Japanese Newspaper Jiji Shimpo Views Emigration as a Sign of Japan''s Military Power, 1896Japanese Government Criteria for Emigrants to Hawai''i, 1885Japanese Official Condemns Brutal Working Conditions on Hawaiian Plantations, 1885ESSAYSSucheng Chan, Shifting Chinese Immigrant EmploymentAkira Iriye, Japanese Expansion in California4. Confronting Immigration Exclusion, 1860s-1920sDOCUMENTSEditor Henry George Supports Chinese Exclusion on Economic and Racial Grounds, 1869The Tables Turned: You Sabe Him? Kealney [Kearney] Must Go!," 1877/1878Senator George Hoar Declares Chinese Exclusion Un-American, 1882Chinese Exclusion Act Suspends Immigration to the United States for Ten Years, 1882New York Chinese Merchants Oppose Renewal of Chinese Exclusion Act, 1892Wong Kim Ark, 1904Asiatic Exclusion League Argues for Excluding Japanese and Korean Immigration, 1908Spokane Labor Union Derides Anti-Japanese Prejudice, 1909Tokyo Government Protests Exclusion of Japanese Immigrants, 1924Ray E. Chase and S.G. Pandit Critique Supreme Court Ruling Excluding East Indians from Citizenship, 1926ESSAYSAndrew Gyory, The Significance of Chinese ExclusionK. Scott Wong, Chinese Responses to ExclusionMae M. Ngai, The Immigration Act of 19245. Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism in the Early Twentieth CenturyDOCUMENTSSenator Albert Beveridge Champions Philippine Colonization, 1900Theodore Roosevelt Justifies Philippine Colonization on the Basis of America''s History of Westward Expansion, 1900Filipino Soldiers Pray Before Surrendering to Americans, 1900American Troops Fight in the Philippines, 1910Filipinos Demand Independence, 1908Indian Nationalists and American Journalist Disagree Over the Route to India''s Independence, 1923Indian Immigrant Mohan Singh Recounts His Education in the United States, circa 1924Korean Congress Declares Independence from Japanese Rule, 1919Korean Immigrant Margaret Pai Joins the Korean Independence Movement, 1919ESSAYSStefi San Buenaventura, The Colors of Manifest Destiny in the PhilippinesJoan M. Jensen, Exporting Independence to Colonial IndiaLili Kim, Korean Independence Movement in Hawai''i and the Continental United States6. Orientalism and Popular Culture, 1904-1930sDOCUMENTSWriter Jack London Decries the New Yellow Peril, 1904Dance of the Igorrotes, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904Filipino Immigrant Condemns Representation of Group, circa 1924Anti-Japanese Monologue in Wallace Irwin''s Seed of the Son, 1926Writer Sui Seen [Sin] Far Reveals Private Lives of Chinese Merchant Wives, 1897Sociology Graduate Student Rose Hum Lee Lists American Beliefs About the Chinese, 1927MGM Studios Strategizes Advertisement for The Painted Veil, 1934Harold R. Issacs Addresses the Historical Significance of Pearl Buck''s Portrayal of the Chinese, 1958ESSAYSRobert Rydell, The Filipino Village at the 1904 World''s FairKaren Janis Leong, The Radicalized Image of Anna May Wong7. Interethnic Tensions and Alliances in the 1920s and 1930sDOCUMENTSA Chinese American Woman Identifies with Japanese American Marriage Practices, circa 1924A White American Woman Compares Marriage to Chinese and Japanese Husbands, circa 1924Indian Immigrant Inder Singh Discusses His Marriage with a Mexican Woman, 1924A Filipino Immigrant Is Shocked by Sexual Freedom in the United States, circa 1924Sociologist Emory Bogardus Analyzes an Anti-Filipino Riot, 1930Time Magazine Reveals Sexual Basis for Filipino Repatriation, 1936White Landowner Dr. E.E. Chandler Describes an East Indian Agricultural Community, 1924Writer Carlos Bulosan Conveys the Dangers of Filipino Labor Organizing (1930s), 1943Labor Leader Karl Yoneda Recalls Japanese Interethnic Organizing (1930s), 1978ESSAYSEiichiro Azuma, Labor Conflict Between Japanese and Filipinos in the California DeltaRhacel Salazar Parrenas, Alliances Between White Working-Class Women and Filipino Immigrant Men8. Americanization and the Second Generation, 1920-1942DOCUMENTSFlora Belle Jan Longs for Unconventionality and Freedom, 1924Connie Tirona Recalls Growing Up Filipino American (1930s and 1940s), 1995Dora Yum Kim Recalls Growing Up Korean American in Chinatown (1920s, 1930s, and 1940s), 1999Taishi Matsumoto Bemoans Limited Employment Opportunities for Nisei, 1937Tokutaro Slocum Debates the Nisei Stand on Sino-Japanese War, 1938Japanese American Newspaper Kashu Mainichi Heralds Biculturalism of Beauty Queen, 1940American Intelligence Officer Promotes Nisei Americanization, 1942San Francisco Japantown, 1942Middle-Class Japanese American Family Before Evacuation, 1942ESSAYSJudy Yung, Second-Generation Chinese American WomenLon Kurashige, The Problem of Nisei Biculturalism9. War, Race, and the Meaning of Citizenship, 1941-1988DOCUMENTSSociology Graduate Student Rose Hum Lee Describes How World War II Changed the Lives of Chinese Americans, 1942Filipino Regiment Member Manuel Buaken Fights for Freedom, 1943Lieutenant General John L. DeWitt Recommends the Removal of Japanese Americans from the West Coast, 1942Japanese American Mike Masaoka Vows to Cooperate with Government Removal Plans, 1942Journalist James M. Omura Condemns the Mass Exclusion of Japanese Americans, 1942The Fair Play Committee Calls on Nisei, Second-Generation Japanese Americans, to Resist the Draft Within the Heart Mountain Internment Camp, 1944Justice Frank Murphy Criticizes the Supreme Court''s "Legalization of Racism," 1944A Government Commission Proclaims Internment a "Grave Injustice," 1982A District Court Acknowledges Government Misconduct Before the Supreme Court During World War II, 1984ESSAYSTheo Gonzalves, Filipino Veterans of World War II on Citizenship and Political ObligationAlice Yang Murray, The Internment of Japanese Americans10. Asian Americans and the Cold War, 1945-1965DOCUMENTSNovelist James Michener Portrays Romance Between Japanese Women and White Soldiers in Sayonara, 1953A Hollywood Poster Sells Interracial Love and the Exoticism of Japan in the Film Sayonara, 1957Social Worker Bok-Lim C. Kim Describes the Social Isolation and Alienation of War Brides (1947), 1979President Harry S Truman Vetoes an Immigration and Naturalization Bill, 1952Congress Expands Immigration and Naturalization Rights for Asian Immigrants, 1952Former Communist Party Member Ichiro Izuka Denounces Communists in Hawai''i, 1947Honolulu Record Editor and Labor Leader Koji Ariyoshi Describes the Arrest of Seven Suspected Communists in Hawai''i (1951), 2000Franklin Woo Remembers Attacks on Chinese Immigrant Leftists Who Supported Communist China (1950s), 1973Pei Chi Liu Recalls Why He Campaigned Against Communism as a Leader of the San Francisco Chinatown Branch of the Kuomintang Party (1950s), 1973ESSAYSPaul R. Spickard, Marriages Between American Men and Japanese Women After World War IIArlene de Vera, The United States Government Tries to Deport Filipino Labor LeadersXiaojian Zhao, The Immigration and Naturalization Service''s Campaign Against Chinese Americans During the Cold War11. Post-1965 Immigration and Asian AmericaDOCUMENTSThe Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 Repeals Discriminatory Policies Toward Asian Immigrants, 1965Statistics on Immigration Trends: Immigration Trends by Race and Decade, 1820-1980; Immigration by Country of Origin, 1820-1980Perla Rabor Rigor Compares Life as a Nurse in the Philippines and America, 1987The Supreme Court Endorses Bilingual Education, 1974Asian Americans Debate the Pros and Cons of Bilingual Education, 1998Asian Immigrants Transplant Religious Institutions, 1994Korean American Professor Elaine Kim Discusses Problems in Building Coalitions Between Asian Immigrants and Other Communities of Color, 1998Indian Immigrant Sarita Sarvate Criticizes the "Brain Drain" from the Third World, 2000ESSAYSCatherine Ceniza Choy, A Transnational History of Filipino Nurse MigrationEdward J.W. Park, The Los Angeles Civil Unrest Transforms Korean American Politics12. Refugees and Their Struggles in Asia and America, 1975-2000DOCUMENTSLang Ngan, a First-Wave Refugee, Compares Life in Vietnam and the United States (1975), 1991Cambodian Refugee Bun Thab Remembers the Atrocities of the Khmer Rouge, 1993Le Tan Si Writes a College Essay About His Terrifying Escape by Boat from Vietnam (1979), 1989An Account of Cultural and Religious Conflict Between American Doctors and Hmong Refugees in a Thai Refugee Camp, 1982Xang Mao Xion Tells His Daughter of the Problems Hmong Parents Face in America, 1994Golden Venture Refugees Wage a Hunger Strike to Protest Their Detention, 1995Business Consultant George P. Koo Criticizes Harry Wu''s Campaign Against the Chinese Government, 1996Chinese Refugee and Human Rights Activist Harry Wu Criticizes U.S. Trade Policies Toward China, 2000ESSAYSGail Paradise Kelly, Education and Sex Role Socialization of Vietnamese Immigrant WomenJames M. Freeman and Usha Welaratna, Vietnamese and Cambodian Views of "Successful" Adjustment in America13. Panethnicity, Asian American Activism, and Identity, 1965-2000DOCUMENTSActivist Amy Uyematsu Proclaims the Emergence of "Yellow Power," 1969Asian Americans Protest Against the Vietnam War in Los Angeles, late 1960sA Skit on Sexism Within the Asian American Movement, 1971A Song of Struggle and Solidarity by A Grain of Sand, 1973A Government Report on the Murders of Vincent Chin and Jim Loo, 1992Professor Dana Takagi Notes How Sexuality Complicates Definitions of "Asian America," 1999Hawaiian Sovereignty Leader Haunani-Kay Trask Criticizes Asian "Settler" Privilege and Collaboration with Colonialism, 2000Captain Ted W. Lieu Is Asked If He Is in the Chinese Air Force, 1999Lawyer Angela E. Oh Describes the Significance of the Government Prosecution of Los Alamos Scientist Wen Ho Lee, 2000Accused Spy Wen Ho Lee Describes His First Month of Imprisonment, 2000Judge James A. Parker Apologizes to Wen Ho Lee for the Way He Was Treated by the Executive Branch, 2000ESSAYSYen Le Espiritu, Panethnicity and Asian American ActivismL. Ling-chi Wang, Asian Americans and Debates About Affirmative Action14. New Formations of Asian American Culture, 1990-2001DOCUMENTSA Journalist Recounts the Battle Between Writers Frank Chin and Maxine Hong Kingston over the Soul of Asian American Literature, 1990Vietnamese Americans Condemn Depictions of South Vietnam by Le Ly Hayslip and Oliver Stone, 1994Asian American Hip-Hop and Rap Artists Gain Recognition (1990s), 1998The Association of Asian American Studies Rescinds a Fiction Award to Lois-Ann Yamanaka Because of Her Portrayals of Filipino Americans in Hawai''i, 1998Silent Protest Against a Fiction Award Presented to Lois-Ann Yamanaka by the Association for Asian American Studies, 1998A New York City Parade Celebrates India''s Independence, 2000The Media Action Network for Asian Americans Condemns Hollywood Stereotypes, 2000Hollywood Recruits Asian Stars from the Hong Kong Cinema Industry, 2001ESSAYSCandace Fujikane, Racism, Censorship, and Lois-Ann Yamanaka''s Blu''s HangingSandhya Shukla, Transnational Community, Culture, and Little IndiaPeter Feng, Defining Asian American Cinema15. Erasing Borders and Boundaries: Asian Americans in the Twenty-First CenturyDOCUMENTSActivist Mallika Dutt Organizes Migrant Women in Seven Countries (1995), 1997Residents of New Elmhurst, New York, Develop Multiracial and Multiethnic Coalitions to Improve Their Neighborhood (1992), 1998Psychologist Maria P.P. Root Proclaims a Bill of Rights for Racially Mixed People, 1996South Asians Unite Against Bigotry Following the 9-11 Attack on the World Trade Center, 2001ESSAYSK. Connie Kang, At a Crossroads: California''s Diverse and Changing Asian American PopulationCynthia L. Nakashima, Approaches to Multiraciality"
