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Shelley Sang-Hee Lee - A New History of Asian America - 9780415879545 - V9780415879545
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A New History of Asian America

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Description for A New History of Asian America Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages, 23 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 658.

A New History of Asian America is a fresh and up-to-date history of Asians in the United States from the late eighteenth century to the present. Drawing on current scholarship, Shelley Lee brings forward the many strands of Asian American history, highlighting the distinctive nature of the Asian American experience while placing the narrative in the context of the major trajectories and turning points of U.S. history. Covering the history of Filipinos, Koreans, Asian Indians, and Southeast Indians as well as Chinese and Japanese, the book gives full attention to the diversity within Asian America. A robust companion website features additional resources for students, including primary documents, a timeline, links, videos, and an image gallery.

From the building of the transcontinental railroad to the celebrity of Jeremy Lin, people of Asian descent have been involved in and affected by the history of America. A New History of Asian America gives twenty-first-century students a clear, comprehensive, and contemporary introduction to this vital history.

Product Details

Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415879545
SKU
V9780415879545
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-2

About Shelley Sang-Hee Lee
Shelley Sang-Hee Lee is Associate Professor of Comparative American Studies and History at Oberlin College. She is the author of Claiming the Oriental Gateway: Prewar Seattle and Japanese America.

Reviews for A New History of Asian America
"Lee has written an eloquent and comprehensive book that will be the standard text in Asian American history for many years to come."– K. Scott Wong, author of Americans First: Chinese Americans and the Second World War "Shelley Lee’s A New History of Asian America is an exciting, well-written, and much-needed new textbook. Synthesizing newer scholarship, this work includes chapters on previously understudied topics. It is ideal for teaching." – Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, author of Dr. Mom Chung of the Fair-Haired Bastards: The Life of a Wartime Celebrity "From European Orientalism to model minority to racial profiling, A New History of Asian America provides readers a much-needed synthesis of Asian American history from the late eighteenth century to the closing decades of the twentieth century. Truly a book for the twenty-first century!" – Yen Le Espiritu, author of Asian American Women and Men: Labor, Laws, and Love "Shelley Lee has woven together foundational texts and newer scholarship to produce a critically engaging and elegant narrative. A New History of Asian America deserves a wide readership and will be especially helpful for instructors and students in ethnic studies, American studies, and United States history." – David K. Yoo, author of Contentious Spirits: Religion in Korean American History, 1903-1945

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