Remapping Asian American History

by Chan, Sucheng; Austin, Allan W.; Bao, Xiaolan; Chen, Shehong; Guyotte, Roland L.; Hansen, Arthur A.; Peffer, George A.; Posadas, Barbara M.; Saito, Leland; Tamura, Linda; Yoo, David K.

• ISBN13: 9780759104792
• ISBN10: 0759104794
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-11-05
• Publisher: AltaMira Press

Summary

Remapping Asian American History discusses new frameworks such as transnationalism, the political contexts of international migrations, and a multipolar approach to the study of contemporary U.S. race relations. Collectively, the essays in this volume challenge some long-held assumptions about Asian-American communities and point to new directions in Asian American historiography. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Table of Contents

Introduction: Underexplored Topics, Emerging Frameworks	ix
Sucheng Chan
Part I: Underexplored Topics
Chinese American Experiences in a New England Mill City: Lowell, Massachusetts, 1876--1967	3	(28)
Shehong Chen
Revisiting New York's Chinatown, 1900--1930	31	(18)
Xiaolan Bao
Forgotten Families: The Development of the Chinese American Community in San Francisco, 1860--1880	49	(20)
George Anthony Peffer
Testing Assumptions: IQ, Japanese Americans, and the Model Minority Myth in the 1920s and 1930s	69	(18)
David K. Yoo
``A Finer Set of Hopes and Dreams'': The Japanese American Citizens League and Ethnic Community in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1942--1950	87	(20)
Allan W. Austin
``Wrong Face, Wrong Name'': The Return of Japanese American Veterans to Hood River, Oregon, after World War II	107	(20)
Linda Tamura
Return to the Wars: Jimmie Omura's 1947 Crusade against the Japanese American Citizens League	127	(26)
Arthur A. Hansen
Part II: Emerging Frameworks
``Life Is a Gamble'': State Policies, Gender, and the Global Context of Filipino Migration to the United States	153	(18)
Barbara M. Posadas
Roland L. Guyotte
Politics and the Indochinese Refugee Exodus, 1975--1997	171	(52)
Sucheng Chan
The Politics of Race and Redistricting in California, 2000--2002	223	(18)
Leland T. Saito
Afterword: A Tribute to Roger Daniels	241	(10)
Sucheng Chan
Index	251	(24)
About the Contributors	275