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1. Framing Asian American History ESSAYS Roger Daniels, Neglect andDistortion of Asian Americans by American Historians Ronald Takaki, TheCentrality of Racism in Asian American History Sylvia Yanagisako, Rethinkingthe Centrality of Racism in Asian American History Paul Ong, Edna Bonacich,and Lucie Cheng, Capitalist Restructuring and the New Asian Immigration BillOng Hing, What Does It Mean to Be Asian American? 2. Colonization, PacificMarkets, and Asian Labor Migration to the United States Before the Civil WarDOCUMENTS Chinese Emperor Decries Market Expansion in South China, 1727 AnAmerican Trader Recommends a Route from California to China, 1850 WriterRalph Waldo Emerson Excoriates Chinese Civilization, 1824 Hawaiians Petitionthe Privy Council to Halt Foreign Influence in the Islands, and the CouncilReplies, 1845 A Foreigner Speculates on Hawaiian Land Acquisition, 1849American Commodore M.C. Perry Opens Up the Japanese Market, 1856 New YorkTimes Heralds New Trade with China and Japan, 1858 Researcher Traces EarlyNineteenth-Century Origins of Filipino American Family, 1988 ESSAYS YongChen, Origins of Chinese Emigration to California Ronald Takaki, Native andAsian Labor in the Colonization of Hawai'i 3. The Work of National Expansionin the American West, 1848-1908 DOCUMENTS Writer J. D. Borthwick ObservesChinese Miners in California, 1857 Chinese Laborers Report on a Race Riot atRock Springs, Wyoming Territory, 1885 Journalist Helen Grey Exposes theActivities of a Chinese Brothel Owner, 1899 Chinese Merchant Lee Wong Hing'sStore in Holyoke, Massachusetts, 1904 Leading Japanese IntellectualEncourages Westernization, 1875 Japanese Newspaper Jiji Shimpo ViewsEmigration as a Sign of Japan's Military Power, 1896 Japanese GovernmentCriteria for Emigrants to Hawai'i, 1885 Japanese Official Condemns BrutalWorking Conditions on Hawaiian Plantations, 1885 ESSAYS Sucheng Chan,Shifting Chinese Immigrant Employment Akira Iriye, Japanese Expansion inCalifornia 4. Confronting Immigration Exclusion, 1860s-1920s DOCUMENTS EditorHenry George Supports Chinese Exclusion on Economic and Racial Grounds, 1869"The Tables Turned: You Sabe Him? Kealney [Kearney] Must Go!," 1877/1878Senator George Hoar Declares Chinese Exclusion Un-American, 1882 ChineseExclusion Act Suspends Immigration to the United States for Ten Years, 1882New York Chinese Merchants Oppose Renewal of Chinese Exclusion Act, 1892 WongKim Ark, 1904 Asiatic Exclusion League Argues for Excluding Japanese andKorean Immigration, 1908 Spokane Labor Union Derides Anti-Japanese Prejudice,1909 Tokyo Government Protests Exclusion of Japanese Immigrants, 1924 Ray E.Chase and S.G. Pandit Critique Supreme Court Ruling Excluding East Indiansfrom Citizenship, 1926 ESSAYS Andrew Gyory, The Significance of ChineseExclusion K. Scott Wong, Chinese Responses to Exclusion Mae M. Ngai, TheImmigration Act of 1924 5. Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism in the EarlyTwentieth Century DOCUMENTS Senator Albert Beveridge Champions PhilippineColonization, 1900 Theodore Roosevelt Justifies Philippine Colonization onthe Basis of America's History of Westward Expansion, 1900 Filipino SoldiersPray Before Surrendering to Americans, 1900 American Troops Fight in thePhilippines, 1910 Filipinos Demand Independence, 1908 Indian Nationalists andAmerican Journalist Disagree Over the Route to India's Independence, 1923Indian Immigrant Mohan Singh Recounts His Education in the United States,circa 1924 Korean Congress Declares Independence from Japanese Rule, 1919Korean Immigrant Margaret Pai Joins the Korean Independence Movement, 1919ESSAYS Stefi San Buenaventura, The Colors of Manifest Destiny in thePhilippines Joan M. Jensen, Exporting Independence to Colonial India LiliKim, Korean Independence Movement in Hawai'i and the Continental UnitedStates 6. Orientalism and Popular Culture, 1904-1930s DOCUMENTS Writer JackLondon Decries the New Yellow Peril, 1904 Dance of the Igorrotes, LouisianaPurchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904 Filipino Immigrant CondemnsRepresentation of Group, circa 1924 Anti-Japanese Monologue in WallaceIrwin's Seed of the Son, 1926 Writer Sui Seen [Sin] Far Reveals Private Livesof Chinese Merchant Wives, 1897 Sociology Graduate Student Rose Hum Lee ListsAmerican Beliefs About the Chinese, 1927 MGM Studios StrategizesAdvertisement for The Painted Veil, 1934 Harold R. Issacs Addresses theHistorical Significance of Pearl Buck's Portrayal of the Chinese, 1958 ESSAYSRobert Rydell, The Filipino Village at the 1904 World's Fair Karen JanisLeong, The Radicalized Image of Anna May Wong 7. Interethnic Tensions andAlliances in the 1920s and 1930s DOCUMENTS A Chinese American WomanIdentifies with Japanese American Marriage Practices, circa 1924 A WhiteAmerican Woman Compares Marriage to Chinese and Japanese Husbands, circa 1924Indian Immigrant Inder Singh Discusses His Marriage with a Mexican Woman,1924 A Filipino Immigrant Is Shocked by Sexual Freedom in the United States,circa 1924 Sociologist Emory Bogardus Analyzes an Anti-Filipino Riot, 1930Time Magazine Reveals Sexual Basis for Filipino Repatriation, 1936 WhiteLandowner Dr. E.E. Chandler Describes an East Indian Agricultural Community,1924 Writer Carlos Bulosan Conveys the Dangers of Filipino Labor Organizing(1930s), 1943 Labor Leader Karl Yoneda Recalls Japanese InterethnicOrganizing (1930s), 1978 ESSAYS Eiichiro Azuma, Labor Conflict BetweenJapanese and Filipinos in the California Delta Rhacel Salazar Parrenas,Alliances Between White Working-Class Women and Filipino Immigrant Men 8.Americanization and the Second Generation, 1920-1942 DOCUMENTS Flora BelleJan Longs for Unconventionality and Freedom, 1924 Connie Tirona RecallsGrowing Up Filipino American (1930s and 1940s), 1995 Dora Yum Kim RecallsGrowing Up Korean American in Chinatown (1920s, 1930s, and 1940s), 1999Taishi Matsumoto Bemoans Limited Employment Opportunities for Nisei, 1937Tokutaro Slocum Debates the Nisei Stand on Sino-Japanese War, 1938 JapaneseAmerican Newspaper Kashu Mainichi Heralds Biculturalism of Beauty Queen, 1940American Intelligence Officer Promotes Nisei Americanization, 1942 SanFrancisco Japantown, 1942 Middle-Class Japanese American Family BeforeEvacuation, 1942 ESSAYS Judy Yung, Second-Generation Chinese American WomenLon Kurashige, The Problem of Nisei Biculturalism 9. War, Race, and theMeaning of Citizenship, 1941-1988 DOCUMENTS Sociology Graduate Student RoseHum Lee Describes How World War II Changed the Lives of Chinese Americans,1942 Filipino Regiment Member Manuel Buaken Fights for Freedom, 1943Lieutenant General John L. DeWitt Recommends the Removal of JapaneseAmericans from the West Coast, 1942 Japanese American Mike Masaoka Vows toCooperate with Government Removal Plans, 1942 Journalist James M. OmuraCondemns the Mass Exclusion of Japanese Americans, 1942 The Fair PlayCommittee Calls on Nisei, Second-Generation Japanese Americans, to Resist theDraft Within the Heart Mountain Internment Camp, 1944 Justice Frank MurphyCriticizes the Supreme Court's "Legalization of Racism," 1944 A GovernmentCommission Proclaims Internment a "Grave Injustice," 1982 A District CourtAcknowledges Government Misconduct Before the Supreme Court During World WarII, 1984 ESSAYS Theo Gonzalves, Filipino Veterans of World War II onCitizenship and Political Obligation Alice Yang Murray, The Internment ofJapanese Americans 10. Asian Americans and the Cold War, 1945-1965 DOCUMENTSNovelist James Michener Portrays Romance Between Japanese Women and WhiteSoldiers in Sayonara, 1953 A Hollywood Poster Sells Interracial Love and theExoticism of Japan in the Film Sayonara, 1957 Social Worker Bok-Lim C. KimDescribes the Social Isolation and Alienation of War Brides (1947), 1979President Harry S Truman Vetoes an Immigration and Naturalization Bill, 1952Congress Expands Immigration and Naturalization Rights for Asian Immigrants,1952 Former Communist Party Member Ichiro Izuka Denounces Communists inHawai'i, 1947 Honolulu Record Editor and Labor Leader Koji Ariyoshi Describesthe Arrest of Seven Suspected Communists in Hawai'i (1951), 2000 Franklin WooRemembers Attacks on Chinese Immigrant Leftists Who Supported Communist China(1950s), 1973 Pei Chi Liu Recalls Why He Campaigned Against Communism as aLeader of the San Francisco Chinatown Branch of the Kuomintang Party (1950s),1973 ESSAYS Paul R. Spickard, Marriages Between American Men and JapaneseWomen After World War II Arlene de Vera, The United States Government Triesto Deport Filipino Labor Leaders Xiaojian Zhao, The Immigration andNaturalization Service's Campaign Against Chinese Americans During the ColdWar 11. Post-1965 Immigration and Asian America DOCUMENTS The Immigration andNationality Act of 1965 Repeals Discriminatory Policies Toward AsianImmigrants, 1965 Statistics on Immigration Trends: Immigration Trends by Raceand Decade, 1820-1980; Immigration by Country of Origin, 1820-1980 PerlaRabor Rigor Compares Life as a Nurse in the Philippines and America, 1987 TheSupreme Court Endorses Bilingual Education, 1974 Asian Americans Debate thePros and Cons of Bilingual Education, 1998 Asian Immigrants TransplantReligious Institutions, 1994 Korean American Professor Elaine Kim DiscussesProblems in Building Coalitions Between Asian Immigrants and OtherCommunities of Color, 1998 Indian Immigrant Sarita Sarvate Criticizes the"Brain Drain" from the Third World, 2000 ESSAYS Catherine Ceniza Choy, ATransnational History of Filipino Nurse Migration Edward J.W. Park, The LosAngeles Civil Unrest Transforms Korean American Politics 12. Refugees andTheir Struggles in Asia and America, 1975-2000 DOCUMENTS Lang Ngan, aFirst-Wave Refugee, Compares Life in Vietnam and the United States (1975),1991 Cambodian Refugee Bun Thab Remembers the Atrocities of the Khmer Rouge,1993 Le Tan Si Writes a College Essay About His Terrifying Escape by Boatfrom Vietnam (1979), 1989 An Account of Cultural and Religious ConflictBetween American Doctors and Hmong Refugees in a Thai Refugee Camp, 1982 XangMao Xion Tells His Daughter of the Problems Hmong Parents Face in America,1994 Golden Venture Refugees Wage a Hunger Strike to Protest Their Detention,1995 Business Consultant George P. Koo Criticizes Harry Wu's Campaign Againstthe Chinese Government, 1996 Chinese Refugee and Human Rights Activist HarryWu Criticizes U.S. Trade Policies Toward China, 2000 ESSAYS Gail ParadiseKelly, Education and Sex Role Socialization of Vietnamese Immigrant WomenJames M. Freeman and Usha Welaratna, Vietnamese and Cambodian Views of"Successful" Adjustment in America 13. Panethnicity, Asian American Activism,and Identity, 1965-2000 DOCUMENTS Activist Amy Uyematsu Proclaims theEmergence of "Yellow Power," 1969 Asian Americans Protest Against the VietnamWar in Los Angeles, late 1960s A Skit on Sexism Within the Asian AmericanMovement, 1971 A Song of Struggle and Solidarity by A Grain of Sand, 1973 AGovernment Report on the Murders of Vincent Chin and Jim Loo, 1992 ProfessorDana Takagi Notes How Sexuality Complicates Definitions of "Asian America,"1999 Hawaiian Sovereignty Leader Haunani-Kay Trask Criticizes Asian "Settler"Privilege and Collaboration with Colonialism, 2000 Captain Ted W. Lieu IsAsked If He Is in the Chinese Air Force, 1999 Lawyer Angela E. Oh Describesthe Significance of the Government Prosecution of Los Alamos Scientist Wen HoLee, 2000 Accused Spy Wen Ho Lee Describes His First Month of Imprisonment,2000 Judge James A. Parker Apologizes to Wen Ho Lee for the Way He WasTreated by the Executive Branch, 2000 ESSAYS Yen Le Espiritu, Panethnicityand Asian American Activism L. Ling-chi Wang, Asian Americans and DebatesAbout Affirmative Action 14. New Formations of Asian American Culture,1990-2001 DOCUMENTS A Journalist Recounts the Battle Between Writers FrankChin and Maxine Hong Kingston over the Soul of Asian American Literature,1990 Vietnamese Americans Condemn Depictions of South Vietnam by Le LyHayslip and Oliver Stone, 1994 Asian American Hip-Hop and Rap Artists GainRecognition (1990s), 1998 The Association of Asian American Studies Rescindsa Fiction Award to Lois-Ann Yamanaka Because of Her Portrayals of FilipinoAmericans in Hawai'i, 1998 Silent Protest Against a Fiction Award Presentedto Lois-Ann Yamanaka by the Association for Asian American Studies, 1998 ANew York City Parade Celebrates India's Independence, 2000 The Media ActionNetwork for Asian Americans Condemns Hollywood Stereotypes, 2000 HollywoodRecruits Asian Stars from the Hong Kong Cinema Industry, 2001 ESSAYS CandaceFujikane, Racism, Censorship, and Lois-Ann Yamanaka's Blu's Hanging SandhyaShukla, Transnational Community, Culture, and Little India Peter Feng,Defining Asian American Cinema 15. Erasing Borders and Boundaries: AsianAmericans in the Twenty-First Century DOCUMENTS Activist Mallika DuttOrganizes Migrant Women in Seven Countries (1995), 1997 Residents of NewElmhurst, New York, Develop Multiracial and Multiethnic Coalitions to ImproveTheir Neighborhood (1992), 1998 Psychologist Maria P.P. Root Proclaims a Billof Rights for Racially Mixed People, 1996 South Asians Unite Against BigotryFollowing the 9-11 Attack on the World Trade Center, 2001 ESSAYS K. ConnieKang, At a Crossroads: California's Diverse and Changing Asian AmericanPopulation Cynthia L. Nakashima, Approaches to Multiraciality