An inclusive and landmark history, emphasizing how essential Asian
American experiences are to any understanding of US history
Original and expansive, Asian American Histories of the United States
is a nearly 200-year history of Asian migration, labor, and community
formation in the US. Reckoning with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic
and the surge in anti-Asian hate and violence, award-winning historian
Catherine Ceniza Choy presents an urgent social history of the fastest
growing group of Americans. The book features the lived experiences and
diverse voices of immigrants, refugees, US-born Asian Americans,
multiracial Americans, and workers from industries spanning agriculture
to healthcare.
Despite significant Asian American breakthroughs in American politics,
arts, and popular culture in the twenty-first century, a profound lack
of understanding of Asian American history permeates American culture.
Choy traces how anti-Asian violence and its intersection with misogyny
and other forms of hatred, the erasure of Asian American experiences and
contributions, and Asian American resistance to what has been omitted
are prominent themes in Asian American history. This ambitious book is
fundamental to understanding the American experience and its existential
crises of the early twenty-first century.
