| Description |
xvii, 323 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Columbia guides to American history and cultures
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Columbia guides to American history and cultures.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Narrative overview -- 1. Narrative history -- 2. Periodization -- Standard periodization-- "Blacks" and "Asians" periodization -- South Asian periodization -- South Asian periodization -- Korean periodization -- Gender periodization -- pt. 2. Historical debates -- Introduction -- 1. Hawai'i's population before European contact -- Standard view -- A vast undercount -- Defending Schmitt -- Uncertainties of projections -- 2. Hawaiians and Captain James Cook -- Structural history -- Myth of Captain Cook -- "Natives" versus anthropologists -- 3. Migration -- Immigration -- Migrant labor -- 4. Anti-Chinese movement -- California thesis -- Blaming the victim -- A national problem -- Race and class -- Exonerating labor -- 5. America's concentration camps -- Regional pressure groups -- Army and government -- Exonerating De Witt -- President -- Hawai'i -- pt. 3. Emerging themes -- Introduction -- 1. Space -- 2. women and gender -- Textbooks -- Methodology -- Theory -- History -- 3. Law -- 4. Japanese American resistance -- Conventional interpretation -- Resistance -- pt. 4. Chronology -- pt. 5. Historiography and resources -- 1. Historiography -- 2. Resources. |
| Subject |
Asian Americans -- History.
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Asian Americans. |
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History. |
| Added Title |
Asian American history |
| ISBN |
0231115105 acid-free paper |
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9780231115100 acid-free paper |
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0231115113 paperback |
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9780231115117 paperback |
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