The Atlas of Asian American History
Reference & Research Book News
(May 1, 2002; 0-8160-3699-3)
This volume presents an illustrated history of the immigration, migration, and acculturation of numerous distinct Asian groups to American society. Avakian, who has written numerous nonfiction books, shows how geographic as well as cultural and political borders have been crossed over the century and a half of Asian-American experience in this country, from the early gold miners to modern-day professionals. The book includes 69 b&w and 28 color photographs, 60 maps, and 34 line illustrations, as well as box features, graphs, diagrams, and chronologies. Oversize: 9.25x12.25". Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
"The quintessential "foreigners," Asians in the United States have encountered both fear of the commercial and military prowess of their home countries and complacency about their lot as members of a perceived "model minority." Far from being a monolithic group, however, Asian Americans represent numerous distinct cultures - some mutually antagonistic - including some of the world's oldest and most sophisticated. Atlas of Asian-American History presents the experiences of the principal groups of Asian immigrants to the United States, from the first 19th-century Chinese gold-seekers in California and the Japanese, Korean, and Filipino laborers in Hawaii who struggled for citizenship and the right to work to Asian Indians who sought freedom from famine and oppression in colonial India; from Southeast Asians seeking refuge from international conflicts in their homelands to Asian Americans of all ethnicities who in the 20th century faced challenges to their loyalty and property and sought the political authority to defend them. With 69 black-and-white photographs, 28 color photographs, 60 maps, and 34 line illustrations and graphs, this visually rich volume is the perfect reference for any reader with an interest in Asian-American history."--BOOK JACKET.
Chapter 1: The Asian Heritage: a Short History of a Continent
Chapter 2: Gam Saan: The Chinese in 19th-Century America
Chapter 3: Closing the Door: Asian Immigration from Chinese Exclusion
Chapter 4: A Quesion of Citizenship: Asian-American History from 1910-1946
Chapter 5: From Red Scare to Yellow Power: Asian-American History from 1946-1972
Chapter 6: A New Wave of Americans
Chapter 7: Asian America Today
Selected Bibliography
Index