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NBN Episodes hosted by Ian:

Tamara Venit-Shelton, "Herbs and Roots: A History of Chinese Doctors in the American Medical Marketplace" (Yale UP, 2019)

December 26, 2023

Herbs and Roots

Tamara Venit-Shelton
Hosted by Ian Shin

The modern popularity of acupuncture and herbal medicine belies the long history of Chinese medicine in the U.S. In Herbs and Roots: A History of Chin…

Meredith Oda, "The Gateway to the Pacific: Japanese Americans and the Remaking of San Francisco" (U Chicago Press, 2019)

December 25, 2023

The Gateway to the Pacific

Meredith Oda
Hosted by Ian Shin

In The Gateway to the Pacific: Japanese Americans and the Remaking of San Francisco (University of Chicago Press, 2019), Meredith Oda shows how city l…

Annelise Heinz, "Mahjong: A Chinese Game and the Making of Modern American Culture" (Oxford UP, 2021)

June 24, 2021

Mahjong

Annelise Heinz
Hosted by Ian Shin

Mahjong: many have played the game, but few are familiar with its rich and complex history. In Mahjong: A Chinese Game and the Making of Modern Americ…

Uzma Quraishi, "Redefining the Immigrant South" (UNC Press, 2020)

August 21, 2020

Redefining the Immigrant South

Uzma Quraishi
Hosted by Ian Shin

In Redefining the Immigrant South: Indian and Pakistani Immigration to Houston During the Cold War (University of North Carolina Press), Uzma Quraishi…

Jia Lynn Yang, "One Mighty and Irresistible Tide: The Epic Struggle Over American Immigration, 1924–1965" (Norton, 2020)

May 14, 2020

One Mighty and Irresistible Tide

Jia Lynn Yang
Hosted by Ian Shin

In One Mighty and Irresistible Tide: The Epic Struggle Over American Immigration, 1924–1965 (W. W. Norton & Company, 2020), Jia Lynn Yang recounts…

Charlotte Brooks, "American Exodus: Second-Generation Chinese Americans in China, 1901–1949" (U California Press, 2019)

December 30, 2019

American Exodus

Charlotte Brooks
Hosted by Ian Shin

Between 1901 and World War II, up to half of all U.S.-born Chinese Americans relocated to China in search of better lives due to the discrimination th…

Manu Karuka, "Empire’s Tracks: Indigenous Nations, Chinese Workers, and the Transcontinental Railroad" (U California Press, 2019)

June 5, 2019

Empire’s Tracks

Manu Karuka
Hosted by Ian Shin

What does anti-imperialism look like from the vantage point of North America? In Empire’s Tracks: Indigenous Nations, Chinese Workers, and the Transco…

Ana Paulina Lee, "Mandarin Brazil: Race, Representation, and Memory" (Stanford UP, 2018)

December 13, 2018

Mandarin Brazil

Ana Paulina Lee
Hosted by Ian Shin

In her new book, Mandarin Brazil: Race, Representation, and Memory (Stanford University Press, 2018), Ana Paulina Lee (Columbia University) analyzes r…

Lon Kurashige, "Two Faces of Exclusion: The Untold History of Anti-Asian Racism in the United States" (UNC Press, 2016)

June 19, 2018

Two Faces of Exclusion

Lon Kurashige
Hosted by Ian Shin

In Two Faces of Exclusion: The Untold History of Anti-Asian Racism in the United States (University of North Carolina Press, 2016), Lon Kurashige emph…

Amy Sueyoshi, "Discriminating Sex: White Leisure and the Making of the American 'Oriental'" (U Illinois Press, 2018)

June 1, 2018

Discriminating Sex

Amy Sueyoshi
Hosted by Ian Shin

In Discriminating Sex: White Leisure and the Making of the American 'Oriental' (University of Illinois Press, 2018), Amy Sueyoshi argues that American…

David Atkinson, "The Burden of White Supremacy: Containing Asian Migration in the British Empire and the United States" (UNC Press, 2016)

April 19, 2018

The Burden of White Supremacy

David Atkinson
Hosted by Ian Shin

Recent historical scholarship stresses the transnational linkages between movements to restrict Asian migration in the Anglophone world. David Atkinso…

Allison Varzally, "Children of Reunion: Vietnamese Adoptions and the Politics of Family Migrations" (UNC Press, 2017)

April 13, 2018

Children of Reunion

Allison Varzally
Hosted by Ian Shin

In Children of Reunion: Vietnamese Adoptions and the Politics of Family Migrations (University of North Carolina Press, 2017), Allison Varzally docume…

Mark Padoongpatt, "Flavors of Empire: Food and the Making of Thai America" (U California Press, 2017)

February 13, 2018

Flavors of Empire

Mark Padoongpatt
Hosted by Ian Shin

In Flavors of Empire: Food and the Making of Thai America (University of California Press, 2017), Mark Padoongpatt weaves together histories of food, …

Jason Oliver Chang, "Chino: Anti-Chinese Racism in Mexico, 1880-1940" (U Illinois Press, 2017)

December 13, 2017

Chino

Jason Oliver Chang
Hosted by Ian Shin

In his new book, Chino: Anti-Chinese Racism in Mexico, 1880-1940 (University of Illinois Press, 2017), Jason Oliver Chang (University of Connecticut)…

Stephanie Hinnershitz, "A Different Shade of Justice: Asian American Civil Rights in the South" (UNC Press, 2017)

November 14, 2017

A Different Shade of Justice

Stephanie Hinnershitz
Hosted by Ian Shin

In her recent book, A Different Shade of Justice: Asian American Civil Rights in the South (University of North Carolina Press, 2017), Stephanie Hinne…