Asian American History A Very Short Introduction
$48.19
- Paperback
184 pages
- Release Date
26 July 2026
Summary
Strangers No More: A Concise History of Asian Americans
Asians have journeyed to North America for centuries, driven by the pursuit of opportunity and facilitated by intricate global networks. Attracted by the promise of the New World, they arrived as merchants, farmers, laborers, artists, and entrepreneurs, contributing significantly to the transformation of the United States, particularly in the West and Hawaii.
However, unlike their European counterparts, Asians challenge…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780197820711 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0197820719 |
| Series: | Very Short Introductions |
| Author: | Hsu |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 184 |
| Release Date: | 26 July 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
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About The Author
Hsu
Madeline Y. Hsu teaches history at the University of Maryland where she directs the Center for Global Migration Studies. Her award-winning books include Dreaming of Gold, Dreaming of Home: Transnationalism and Migration between the United States and South China, 1882-1943 (2000) and The Good Immigrants: How the Yellow Peril Became the Model Minority (2015). She co-edited A Nation of Immigrants Reconsidered: U.S. Society in an Age of Restriction, 1924-1965 (2019) and Vol. II of the Cambridge History of Global Migrations (2023). She led the K-12 curriculum project Teach Immigration History produced with the Immigration and Ethnic History Society.
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