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Okihiro, Gary Y., 1945-2024.

The Columbia guide to Asian American history / Gary Y. Okihiro.

New York : Columbia University Press, ©2001.

xvii, 323 pages ; 24 cm.

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.

Columbia guides to American history and cultures

Columbia guides to American history and cultures.

Asian Americans -- History.

Reference works.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Asian American Studies Book Award--Special Award for Most Outstanding Reference Tool on Asian American History, 2003.

Narrative overview -- Narrative history -- Periodization -- Standard periodization-- "Blacks" and "Asians" periodization -- South Asian periodization -- South Asian periodization -- Korean periodization -- Gender periodization -- Historical debates -- Introduction -- Hawai'i's population before European contact -- The standard view -- A vast undercount -- Defending Schmitt -- The uncertainties of projections -- Hawaiians and Captain James Cook -- Structural history -- The myth of Captain Cook -- "Natives" versus anthropologists -- Migration -- Immigration -- Migrant labor -- The anti-Chinese movement -- The California thesis -- Blaming the victim -- A national problem -- Race and class -- Exonerating labor -- America's concentration camps -- Regional pressure groups -- The Army and government -- Exonerating De Witt -- The President -- Hawai'i -- Emerging themes -- Introduction -- Space -- women and gender -- Textbooks -- Methodology -- Theory -- History -- The law -- Japanese American resistance -- The conventional interpretation -- Resistance -- Chronology -- Historiography and resources -- Historiography -- Resources.

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