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Book

Made in Asian America : a history for young people

Author

Erika Lee

Call Number

  • J 973.0495 LEE (CEN, OSH)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York, NY : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024]

Physical Description

xvi, 303 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Audience

Ages 10 and up Quill Tree Books.

Summary

"This book is a stirring account of the ordinary people and extraordinary acts that made Asian America and the young people who are remaking America today"--Amazon.

Notes

"Ages 10 and up"--Jacket flap.

"This book has been adapted from The making of Asian America: a history by Erika Lee (Simon & Schuster, 2015)"--Title page verso.

Contents

  • Introduction
  • Who are Asian Americans?
  • Columbus's mistake
  • Following the routes of empire: Asians in "New Spain"
  • Broken promises: Afong Moy and the struggles of Asian laborers ; What's in a name?
  • In search of gold mountain: Mamie Tape and the first Chinese in America
  • One thousand questions: Tyrus Wong, Angel Island, and Chinese exclusion ; Who gets to be an American?
  • Unwavering: Mary Paik Lee
  • Steadfast survivors: the Bagai family
  • An All-American girl: Monica Itoi Stone
  • Already American: Francisco Cariño
  • Military necessity: the incarceration of Japanese Americans ; America's concentration camps
  • "Good" Asians, "Bad" Asians
  • Loyalty
  • Impossible dreams: Deann Borshay ; From picture brides to punk rockers: Asian American women make history
  • Solidarity: the ongoing fight for civil rights
  • America's gates reopen: the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act ; Asian American food
  • The mythical model minority
  • Firsts and flying fists
  • Seeking refuge: Southeast Asian Americans
  • "It's because of you"- the murder of Vincent Chin
  • Left to burn: Koreatown on Sa I Gu
  • "Looking like the enemy"
  • Asian American reckonings
  • Made in Asian America
  • Author's notes.

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