The making of Asian America: a history

Beginnings: Asians in the Americas. Los Chinos in New Spain and Asians in early America ; Coolies.

The Making of Asian America During the Age of Mass Migration and Asian Exclusion. Chinese immigrants in search of Gold Mountain ; "The Chinese must go!" : the anti-Chinese movement ; Japanese immigrants and the "yellow peril" ; "We must struggle in exile" : Korean immigrants ; South Asian immigrants and the "Hindu invasion" ; "We have heard much of America": Filipinos in the U.S. empire ; Border crossings and border enforcement: undocumented Asian immigration.

Asian America in a World at War. "Military necessity" : the uprooting of Japanese Americans during World War II ; "Grave injustices": the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II ; Good war, Cold War.

Remaking Asian America in a Globalized World. Making a new Asian America through immigration and activism ; In search of refuge: Southeast Asians in the United States ; Making a new home: Hmong refugees and Hmong Americans ; Transnational immigrants and global Americans.

Twenty-First-Century Asian Americans. The "rise of Asian Americans"? : myths and realities

Redefining America in the twenty-first century.

Introduction. Part one. Beginnings : Asians in the Americas: 1. Los Chinos in New Spain and Asians in early America ; 2. Coolies

Part two. The Making of Asian America during the age of mass migration and Asian exclusion 3. Chinese immigrants in search of Gold Mountain ; 4. "The Chinese must go!" : the anti-Chinese movement ; 5. Japanese immigrants and the "yellow peril" ; 6. "We must struggle in exile" : Korean immigrants ; 7. South Asian immigrants and the "Hindu invasion" ; 8. "We have heard much of America" : Filipinos in the U.S. empire ; 9. Border crossings and border enforcement: undocumented Asian immigration

Part three. Asian America in a world at war: 10. "Military necessity" : the uprooting of Japanese Americans during World War II ; 11. "Grave injustices" : the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II ; 12. Good war, Cold War

Part four. Remaking Asian America in a globalized world 13. Making a new Asian America through immigration and activism ; 14. In search of refuge : Southeast Asians in the United States ; 15. Making a new home : Hmong refugees and Hmong Americans ; 16. Transnational immigrants and global Americans

Part five. Twenty-First-Century Asian Americans: 17. The "rise of Asian Americans"? : myths and realities Epilogue: Redefining America in the twenty-first century

Poscript: Asian Americans' racial reckoning

Bibliographic essay ; Image credits ; Acknowledgments ; Notes ; Index.