American History Unbound

Gary Y. Okihiro is Professor of International and Public Affairs and the founding director of the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race at Columbia University. He is the author of ten books, including his latest two, Island World: A History of Hawai'i and the United States (2008) and Pineapple Culture: A History of the Tropical and Temperate Zones (2009), both from UC Press. He is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Studies Association, received an honorary doctorate from the University of the Ryukyus, and is a past president of the Association for Asian American Studies.

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction PART I. WORLD HISTORY 1. Ocean Worlds 2. The World-System 3. The United States 4. Imperial Republic PART 2. MIGRANT LABOR 5. Hawai'i 6. California 7. Northwest, Northeast, South, and North PART 3. DEPENDENCY 8. Dependent Hawai'i 9. San Francisco 10. Seattle, New York City, Chicago PART 4. WARS AND REALIGNMENTS 11. World War II 12. Militarized Zones 13. Global Transits 14. Regenerations Notes Index

"...American History Unbound offers extremely important approaches to rethinking the history of the United States, and takes its place in the recent trend of a globally aligned (US) historiography that questions the construct of, and attempts to break the concept of the 'American Nation.'" -- Robert Kramm-Masaoka H-Net Reviews