A comprehensive survey, Asian American History places Asian immigration to America in international and domestic contexts, and explores the significant elements that define Asian America: imperialism and global capitalist expansion, labor and capital, race and ethnicity, immigration and exclusion, family and work, community and gender roles, assimilation and multiculturalism, panethnicity and identity, transnationalism and globalization, and new challenges and opportunities. It is an up-to-date and easily accessible resource for high school and college students, as well as anyone who is interested in Asian American history. …mehr
A comprehensive survey, Asian American History places Asian immigration to America in international and domestic contexts, and explores the significant elements that define Asian America: imperialism and global capitalist expansion, labor and capital, race and ethnicity, immigration and exclusion, family and work, community and gender roles, assimilation and multiculturalism, panethnicity and identity, transnationalism and globalization, and new challenges and opportunities. It is an up-to-date and easily accessible resource for high school and college students, as well as anyone who is interested in Asian American history.
HUPING LING, professor emerita of history at Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri, served as the executive editor in chief for the Journal of Asian American Studies from 2008 to 2012. A prize-winning author, she has authored or edited over thirty books and published over two hundred articles on Asian American studies.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface ix PART I Coming to America, 1765-1840s 1 ROOTS OF ASIAN MIGRATION TO AMERICA 2 Cultural Heritage of Asian Migrants 3 Global Context for Asian Migration 10 Asian Context and Patterns of Migration 14 Roots of Asian Migration to America in Historical Perspective 25 2 RESTRICTIONS AND RESISTANCES 28 Racial Prejudice 31 Economic Sanctions 32 Physical Violence 35 Exclusion Laws and Policies 40 The Enforcement of Exclusion Laws 42 Protests against Exclusion and Discrimination 50 Asian Immigration Restrictions and Resistance in Historical Perspective 56 PART II Asian American Experiences, 1840s-1965 3 LABOR 60 Sugar Plantations, Mines, and Railroads 62 Urban Niche Economy 69 Niche in Agriculture 85 Labor in Historical Perspective 88 4 DEFINING HOME AND COMMUNITY 92 Domesticity and Innovative Family Formations 94 Changing Gender Roles 110 The Second-Generation "Dilemma" 113 Ethnic Community Building 116 Asian Immigrant Home and Community in Historical Perspective 125 5 WORLD WAR II: A TURNING POINT 130 Changing Public Mood 132 In Military Services 134 Home Front 137 End of Exclusion 139 Japanese Internment 140 Asian Americans and World War II in Historical Perspective 156 PART III Contemporary Asian Americans, 1965-2020s 6 NEW WAVES OF IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES 162 A More Gender-Balanced Society 164 Effects of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 169 Southeast Asian Americans 174 Plights and Potentials of Undocumented Immigrants 185 "The Quiet Migration": Transnational Transracial Adoption 194 New Waves of Immigrants in Historical Perspective 200 7 MOVING UPWARD 206 Educational Attainments 207 New Patterns of Employment and Economic Potentials and Constraints 213 Political Incorporation 222 Myth and Reality of "Model Minority" 229 Asian American Upward Mobility in Historical Perspective 232 8 NEW FORMATIONS OF ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES 236 Urban Enclaves (1850s) 238 Transnational Urban and Suburban Communities and Cyber Communities (1990s) 254 Asian American Communities in Historical Perspective 264 PART IV The Future of Asian America, 2020s- 9 THEORIZING ASIAN AMERICA: SIGNIFICANT THEORIES AND ISSUES 270 Asian American Movement and the Construction of Pan-Asian Ethnicity 272 Challenges of Asian American Identities in Recent Decades 275 Asian American Panethnicity in Historical Perspective 293 10 THE FUTURE OF ASIAN AMERICA UNDER GLOBALIZATION 298 China Rise / Asian Rise versus the U.S. Decline 298 Importance of Global Collaboration and Various Prescriptions 305 New Trends of Migration and Assimilation under Globalization 307 The COVID-19 Pandemic and Asian American Communities 314 Asian Americans under Globalization in Historical Perspective 320 CHRONOLOGY 323 NOTES 333 INDEX 000
Preface ix PART I Coming to America, 1765-1840s 1 ROOTS OF ASIAN MIGRATION TO AMERICA 2 Cultural Heritage of Asian Migrants 3 Global Context for Asian Migration 10 Asian Context and Patterns of Migration 14 Roots of Asian Migration to America in Historical Perspective 25 2 RESTRICTIONS AND RESISTANCES 28 Racial Prejudice 31 Economic Sanctions 32 Physical Violence 35 Exclusion Laws and Policies 40 The Enforcement of Exclusion Laws 42 Protests against Exclusion and Discrimination 50 Asian Immigration Restrictions and Resistance in Historical Perspective 56 PART II Asian American Experiences, 1840s-1965 3 LABOR 60 Sugar Plantations, Mines, and Railroads 62 Urban Niche Economy 69 Niche in Agriculture 85 Labor in Historical Perspective 88 4 DEFINING HOME AND COMMUNITY 92 Domesticity and Innovative Family Formations 94 Changing Gender Roles 110 The Second-Generation "Dilemma" 113 Ethnic Community Building 116 Asian Immigrant Home and Community in Historical Perspective 125 5 WORLD WAR II: A TURNING POINT 130 Changing Public Mood 132 In Military Services 134 Home Front 137 End of Exclusion 139 Japanese Internment 140 Asian Americans and World War II in Historical Perspective 156 PART III Contemporary Asian Americans, 1965-2020s 6 NEW WAVES OF IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES 162 A More Gender-Balanced Society 164 Effects of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 169 Southeast Asian Americans 174 Plights and Potentials of Undocumented Immigrants 185 "The Quiet Migration": Transnational Transracial Adoption 194 New Waves of Immigrants in Historical Perspective 200 7 MOVING UPWARD 206 Educational Attainments 207 New Patterns of Employment and Economic Potentials and Constraints 213 Political Incorporation 222 Myth and Reality of "Model Minority" 229 Asian American Upward Mobility in Historical Perspective 232 8 NEW FORMATIONS OF ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES 236 Urban Enclaves (1850s) 238 Transnational Urban and Suburban Communities and Cyber Communities (1990s) 254 Asian American Communities in Historical Perspective 264 PART IV The Future of Asian America, 2020s- 9 THEORIZING ASIAN AMERICA: SIGNIFICANT THEORIES AND ISSUES 270 Asian American Movement and the Construction of Pan-Asian Ethnicity 272 Challenges of Asian American Identities in Recent Decades 275 Asian American Panethnicity in Historical Perspective 293 10 THE FUTURE OF ASIAN AMERICA UNDER GLOBALIZATION 298 China Rise / Asian Rise versus the U.S. Decline 298 Importance of Global Collaboration and Various Prescriptions 305 New Trends of Migration and Assimilation under Globalization 307 The COVID-19 Pandemic and Asian American Communities 314 Asian Americans under Globalization in Historical Perspective 320 CHRONOLOGY 323 NOTES 333 INDEX 000
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