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The Columbia Guide to Asian American History.
Offering a rich and insightful road map of Asian American history as it has evolved over more than 200 years, this book marks the first systematic attempt to take stock of this field of study. It examines, comments, and questions the changing assumptions and contexts underlying the experiences and c...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
2001.
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| Colección: | Columbia guides to American history and cultures.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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
- The standard view
- A vast undercount
- Defending Schmitt
- The uncertainties of projections
- 2. Hawaiians and Captain James Cook
- Structural history
- The myth of Captain Cook
- "Natives" versus anthropologists
- 3. Migration
- Immigration
- Migrant labor
- 4. The anti-Chinese movement
- The California thesis
- Blaming the victim
- A national problem
- Race and class
- Exonerating labor
- 5. America's concentration camps
- Regional pressure groups
- The Army and government
- Exonerating De Witt
- The President
- Hawai'i
- pt. 3. Emerging themes
- Introduction
- 1. Space
- 2. women and gender
- Textbooks
- Methodology
- Theory
- History
- 3. The law
- 4. Japanese American resistance
- The conventional interpretation
- Resistance
- pt. 4. Chronology
- pt. 5. Historiography and resources
- 1. Historiography
- 2. Resources.