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American History Unbound: Asians and Pacific Islanders
Gary Y. Okihiro
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Description for American History Unbound: Asians and Pacific Islanders
Paperback. Focussing on a survey of US history from its beginnings, this book reveals our past through the lens of Asian American and Pacific Islander history. Num Pages: 520 pages, 66 b/w images, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 256 x 40. Weight in Grams: 912.
Focussing on a survey of US history from its beginnings to the present, American History Unbound reveals our past through the lens of Asian American and Pacific Islander history. In so doing, it is a work of both history and anti-history, a narrative that fundamentally transforms and deepens our understanding of the United States. This text is accessible and filled with engaging stories and themes that draw attention to key theoretical and historical interpretations. Gary Y. Okihiro positions Asians and Pacific Islanders within a larger history of people of color in the United States and places the United States in ... Read more
Focussing on a survey of US history from its beginnings to the present, American History Unbound reveals our past through the lens of Asian American and Pacific Islander history. In so doing, it is a work of both history and anti-history, a narrative that fundamentally transforms and deepens our understanding of the United States. This text is accessible and filled with engaging stories and themes that draw attention to key theoretical and historical interpretations. Gary Y. Okihiro positions Asians and Pacific Islanders within a larger history of people of color in the United States and places the United States in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
902g
Number of Pages
520
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520274358
SKU
V9780520274358
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About Gary Y. Okihiro
Gary Y. Okihiro is Professor of International and Public Affairs and the founding director of the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race at Columbia University. He is the author of ten books, including his latest two, Island World: A History of Hawai'i and the United States (2008) and Pineapple Culture: A History of the Tropical and Temperate Zones ... Read more
Reviews for American History Unbound: Asians and Pacific Islanders
...American History Unbound offers extremely important approaches to rethinking the history of the United States, and takes its place in the recent trend of a globally aligned (US) historiography that questions the construct of, and attempts to break the concept of the 'American Nation.'
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