The Indispensable Enemy: Labor and the Anti-Chinese Movement in California1 review Alexander Saxton University of California Press, 1975 California Anti-Chinese Movement Traced to Jacksonian Times In "The Indispensable Enemy," Alexander Saxton presents a broad study of American ideological history and an intricate examination of the California political system to further a better understanding of the anti-Chinese movement in California from the 1860s to 1902. According to Saxton, Chinese ...             The Politics of Prejudice: The Anti-Japanese Movement in California and the Struggle for Japanese Exclusion4 reviews Roger Daniels University of California Press, 1999 Outstanding Book! + Time Warp + Great facts and opinions about Japanese internment in the United States; everyone should read + Great Intro for New and Old Historians-prejudice in politics             Asian Americans: An Interpretive History (Immigrant Heritage of America Series)3 reviews Sucheng Chan Twayne Publishers, 1991 Excellent general resource + difficult experiences for over a century + Excellent Reference Sucheng Chan offers a statistic-rich, informative history of Asian-Americans, from their first immigration to current issues of As-Ams as "model minorities". I definitely prefer Chan's style to Takaki's quote-heavy, anecdotal approach; she is both thorough and concise.             The Economics and Politics of Racial Accommodation: The Japanese of Los Angeles, 1900-1942 John Modell University of Illinois Press, 1977             This Bittersweet Soil: The Chinese in California Agriculture, 1860-19101 review Sucheng Chan University of California Press, 1989 Excellent History Sucheng Chan has written an excellent history of the contribution of Chinese agriculturists to the development of the American West. By interweaving the unusual with the mundane she has produced a text that relates statistically derived data to important generalizations regarding the ...             The New Chinatown: Revised Edition3 reviews Peter Kwong Hill and Wang, 1996 Reality Meets the Movies + Read for Class + Clear, concise, compassionate Sometimes Reality is more entertaining than the movies. Peter Kwong introduces us to a Chinatown seldom seen by outsiders. His portrayal of Chinatown's underworld hold over politics and his understandings of the ethnic enclave are both accurate and revealing. This is a MUST READ for anyone ...             Pau Hana: Plantation Life and Labor in Hawaii, 1835-19202 reviews Ronald T. Takaki University of Hawaii Press, 1983 Excellent book on the life of the different ethnic groups. + Pau Hana This book revives memories of times gone by. It covers a period of laborers working in the sugar plantations of Hawaii. A diverse group of people, coming together under hardships, overcoming adversity and language barriers. Mr. Takaki did an excellent combination of relating the days that made ...             Chinese Migrant Networks and Cultural Change: Peru, Chicago, and Hawaii 1900-19361 review Adam McKeown University Of Chicago Press, 2001 alright it gave a focus on all the china towns in a global perspective. the words were alittle hard to comprehend with the text but it was very imformative.             The Vietnamese American 1.5 Generation: Stories of War, Revolution, Flight and New Beginnings (Asian American ...1 review Temple University Press, 2006 Refugee Lives The sub-title of this book is "Stories of War, Revolution, Flight, and New Beginnings." That about sums it up. Sucheng Chan, a well-known Southeast Asian scholar, edited the book which consists mostly of contributions by her Vietnamese students at the University of California in Santa Barbara. ...             Guarding the Golden Door: American Immigration Policy and Immigrants since 18822 reviews Roger Daniels Hill and Wang, 2005 voting with your feet + A Good Read and an Excellent Reference Ask the average American where the words "the Golden Door" comes from and I suspect you'd be met with a blank state. It comes from the Statue of Liberty: "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to be free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, Send these, the homeless, ...             Asian Americans: Emerging Minorities (3rd Edition)1 review Harry H.L. Kitano, Roger Daniels Prentice Hall, 2000 Too many statistics and not enough humanism I appreciated this book in the sense that it provides some very useful statistics concerning the various ethnic groups within the Asian American population. Yet, I felt that this book lacked personality and soul. I wanted more than numbers. I wanted to see the big picture about the lives of ...             Issei1 review Yuji Ichioka Free Press, 1990 History of Issei America This is probably the most detailed of all the books describing the history of the 1st generation (Issei) immigrants from Japan. Ichioka's research for this book extended from Japan all the way to the dusty shelves of UC Berkeley and UCLA's libraries. If you ever wanted to learn about why these ...             Asian Americans and Politics: Perspectives, Experiences, Prospects (Stanford Woodrow Wilson Center Press)1 review Stanford University Press, 2002 A great, but not perfect, book on Asian American politics This is an anthology of articles discussing the demographic attributes, voting behavior, and political aspirations of Asian Americans, based upon a recent conference. After book upon book about Asian-American cultural studies or Asian-American history, finally a book has been compiled that deals ...             Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America (Politics and Society in Twentieth ...4 reviews Mae M. Ngai Princeton University Press, 2005 Reframing immigration history + The construction of the illegal immigrant and discriminatory US policies + The legally constructed "illegal aliens" Mae Ngai's ambitious book compels historians and general readers alike to critically reassess traditional understandings of and approaches to U.S. immigration. Much of the histories on U.S. immigration and immigration policies have told a similar tale. The United States, the narrative goes, has ...             At America's Gates: Chinese Immigration during the Exclusion Era, 1882-19431 review Erika Lee The University of North Carolina Press, 2003 diatribe Erika Lee is a very angry woman. Her diatribe on American immigration policy equates anyone who is concerned about porous borders , the enforcement of laws in a nation of laws, and containment of disease as being a racist. It's hardly fair. And it detracts from her history of immigration ...             War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War34 reviews John W. Dower Pantheon, 1987 A Look At Selves and Others + A+, I was satisfied 100% + One of the best J-history books I've ever read This is a thought-provoking treatise about the hate and racism found in all peoples of the world. It causes one to take stock of what is, and what was in a very violent and trying time. Both the Japanese and the Americans, among others, propagandized their populations to get them to hate "the ...             Farming the Home Place: A Japanese American Community in California, 1919-19821 review Valerie J. Matsumoto Cornell University Press, 1994 History of the Cortez Nikkei Community This is a very unique book about the experience of the Cortez colony, the last Japanese agricultural community formed by Abiko in 1919. It is written from a feminist perspective and thus gives unique insight into the Nikkei experience. Matsumoto conducted over 80 oral histories in tracing the ...             Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans Au of...13 reviews Ronald Takaki Back Bay Books, 1998 Great book + Best Book I Have Ever Read + A Book Every American Should Read + Asian American History Up Close + From a Different Shore             Thinking Orientals: Migration, Contact, and Exoticism in Modern America Henry Yu Oxford University Press, USA, 2002 Thinking Orientals is a groundbreaking study of Asian Americans and the racial formation of twentieth-century American society. It reveals the influential role Asian Americans played in constructing the understandings of Asian American identity. It examines the unique role played by sociologists, particularly sociologists at the University of Chicago, in the study of the "Oriental Problem" before ...             Empire of Care: Nursing and Migration in Filipino American History (American Encounters/Global Interactions)1 review Catherine Choy Duke University Press, 2003 Interesting but not that much Empire of care is not an argumentative book. The author only goal is to define the context in which Pilipino nurses migrated to the US. The problem is in her attempt to leave the decision to the reader on rather or not the US was a good or bad influence on the Philippines she does not give enough ...