Remapping Asian American History

Sucheng Chan is Professor Emerita of Asian American Studies and Global Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and former chair of its Asian American Studies Department. She has also taught at UC Berkeley and served as Provost of Oakes College at UC Santa Cruz.

• Part 1 Introduction: Underexplored Topics, Emerging FrameworksPart 2 Part One: Underexplored TopicsChapter 3 Chapter 1: Chinese American Experiences in a New England Mill City: Lowell Massachusetts, 1876-1967Chapter 4 Chapter 2: Revisiting New York's Chinatown, 1900-1930Chapter 5 Chapter 3: Forgotten Families: The Development of the Chinese American Community in San Francisco, 1860-1880Chapter 6 Chapter 4: Testing Assumptions: IQ, Japanese Americans, and the Model Minority Myth in the 1920s and 1930sChapter 7 Chapter 5: A Finer Set of Hopes and Dreams: The Japanese American Citizens League and Ethnic Community in Cincinnati, Ohio 1942-1950Chapter 8 Chapter 6: Wrong Face, Wrong Name: The Return of Japanese American Veterans to Hood River, Oregon, after World War IIChapter 9 Chapter 7: Return to the Wars: Jimmie Omura's 1947 Crusade Against the Japanese American Citizens LeaguePart 10 Part II: Emerging FrameworksChapter 11 Chapter 8: "Life is a Gamble": State Policies, Gender, and the Global Context of Filipino Migration to the United StatesChapter 12 Chapter 9: Politics and the Indochinese Refugees Exodus, 1975-1997Chapter 13 Chapter 10: The Politics of Race and Redistricting in California, 2000-2002Part 14 AfterwordPart 15 About the EditorsPart 16 Index

Since the book covers diverse topics, scholars will pick and choose articles according to their individual interests. Whatever their choice, they will encounter careful research and interesting approaches.