"Adapted from The making of Asian America: a history, by Erika Lee (Simon & Schuster, 2015)"--Copyright page. Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-285) and index.
Contents:
Who are Asian Americans? -- Columbus's mistake -- Following the routes of empire: Asians in "New Spain" -- Broken promises: Afong May and the struggles of Asian laborers -- What's in a name? -- In search of gold mountains: Marnie Tape and 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 CarinĚo -- 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.
Summary:
From three-time Newbery Honoree Christina Soontornvat and award-winning historian Erika Lee comes a middle-grade nonfiction that shines a light on the generations of Asian Americans who've transformed the United States and who continue to shape what it means to be American today.
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