Gary Y Okihiro
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Gary Y. Okihiro is Professor of International and Public Affairs and Director of the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race at Columbia University. He has published several books in American and African history, including Cane Fires: The Anti-Japanese Movement in Hawaii, 1865-1945; Margins and Mainstreams: Asians in American History and Culture; and A Social History of the Bakwena and Peoples of the Kalahari of Southern Africa, 19th Century. He...
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Offering a rich and insightful road map of Asian American history as it has evolved over more than 200 years, this book marks the first systematic attempt to take stock of this field of study. It examines, comments, and questions the changing assumptions and contexts underlying the experiences and contributions of an incredibly diverse population of Americans. Arriving and settling in this nation as early as the 1790's, with American-born generations...
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