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Lee, Erika.
Making of Asian America.
Made in Asian America :
a history for young people /
Erika Lee & Christina Soontornvat.
First edition.
New York, NY :
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
[2024]
©2024.
xvi, 303 pages :
illustrations, maps ;
22 cm.
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"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.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-285) and index.
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 Cari no -- 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.
"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.
Ages 10 and up
Quill Tree Books.
20240917.
Asians
United States
History.
Asians
History.
Racism
United States
History.
Racism
History.
Asian Americans
History.
United States
Emigration and immigration
History
Juvenile literature.
United States
Ethnic relations
History.
United States
Emigration and immigration
History.
United States
Race relations
History.
South Asia
Emigration and immigration
History.
Soontornvat, Christina,
author.
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