New Books in Asian American Studies

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

Amy Sueyoshi
Discriminating Sex
White Leisure and the Making of the American 'Oriental'
University of Illinois Press, 2018

New Books in American Studies New Books in Asian American Studies New Books in Gender Studies New Books in History New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books Network June 1, 2018 Ian Shin

In Discriminating Sex: White Leisure and the Making of the American ‘Oriental’ (University of Illinois Press, 2018), Amy Sueyoshi argues that Americans did not always regard Chinese and Japanese in the U.S. as pan-ethnic “Orientals” in ways that are familiar… Read More

Beth Lew-Williams, “The Chinese Must Go: Violence, Exclusion, and the Making of the Alien in America” (Harvard UP, 2018)

Beth Lew-Williams
The Chinese Must Go
Violence, Exclusion, and the Making of the Alien in America
Harvard University Press, 2018

New Books in American Studies New Books in Asian American Studies New Books in History New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books Network May 28, 2018 Lori A. Flores

The American West erupted in anti-Chinese violence in 1885. Following the massacre of Chinese miners in Wyoming Territory, communities throughout California and the Pacific Northwest harassed, assaulted, and expelled thousands of Chinese immigrants. In The Chinese Must Go: Violence, Exclusion, … Read More

Simeon Man, “Soldiering through Empire: Race and the Making of the Decolonizing Pacific” (U California Press, 2018)

Simeon Man
Soldiering Through Empire
Race and the Making of the Decolonizing Pacific
University of California Press, 2018

New Books in American Studies New Books in Asian American Studies New Books in East Asian Studies New Books in History New Books in Military History New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books Network May 25, 2018 Christopher B. Patterson

Simeon Man‘s book Soldiering through Empire: Race and the Making of the Decolonizing Pacific (University of California Press, 2018) focuses on the role of Asians who worked within the making of U.S. global power after 1945. Man argues that… Read More

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

David Atkinson
The Burden of White Supremacy
Containing Asian Migration in the British Empire and the United States
University of North Carolina Press, 2016

New Books in Asian American Studies New Books in British Studies New Books in East Asian Studies New Books in History New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in South Asian Studies New Books Network April 19, 2018 Ian Shin

Recent historical scholarship stresses the transnational linkages between movements to restrict Asian migration in the Anglophone world. David Atkinson’s The Burden of White Supremacy: Containing Asian Migration in the British Empire and the United States (UNC Press, 2016) offers… Read More

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

Allison Varzally
Children of Reunion
Vietnamese Adoptions and the Politics of Family Migrations
University of North Carolina Press, 2017

New Books in American Studies New Books in Asian American Studies New Books in History New Books in Law New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Public Policy New Books Network April 13, 2018 Ian Shin

In Children of Reunion: Vietnamese Adoptions and the Politics of Family Migrations (University of North Carolina Press, 2017), Allison Varzally documents the history of Vietnamese adoption in the United States during the second half of the twentieth century. Varzally adds… Read More

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