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Asian American Studies June 24, 2021

Mahjong

A Chinese Game and the Making of Modern American Culture

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 American Culture (Oxford University Press …
Asian American Studies August 21, 2020

Redefining the Immigrant South

Indian and Pakistani Immigration to Houston During the Cold War

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 (Sam Houston State University) follows the Cold War-era …
Asian American Studies June 8, 2020

Herbs and Roots

A History of Chinese Doctors in the American Medical Marketplace

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 Chinese Doctors in the American …
Asian American Studies May 14, 2020

One Mighty and Irresistible Tide

The Epic Struggle Over American Immigration, 1924–1965

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 the personalities and debates that brought about …
Asian American Studies December 30, 2019

American Exodus

Second-Generation Chinese Americans in China, 1901–1949

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 they faced in the …
Asian American Studies August 14, 2019

The Gateway to the Pacific

Japanese Americans and the Remaking of San Francisco

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 leaders and local residents in San …
Asian American Studies June 5, 2019

Empire’s Tracks

Indigenous Nations, Chinese Workers, and the Transcontinental Railroad

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 Transcontinental Railroad (University of California Press, 2019), Manu Karuka …
Asian American Studies December 13, 2018

Mandarin Brazil

Race, Representation, and Memory

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 representations of the Chinese in Brazilian culture to understand their …
Asian American Studies June 19, 2018

Two Faces of Exclusion

The Untold History of Anti-Asian Racism in the United States

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 emphasizes the contingencies that shaped the history …
Asian American Studies June 1, 2018

Discriminating Sex

White Leisure and the Making of the American 'Oriental'

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 Americans did not always regard Chinese and Japanese in …
Asian American Studies April 19, 2018

The Burden of White Supremacy

Containing Asian Migration in the British Empire and the United States

David Atkinson

Hosted by 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 …
Asian American Studies April 13, 2018

Children of Reunion

Vietnamese Adoptions and the Politics of Family Migrations

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 documents the history of Vietnamese adoption in the United States …
Asian American Studies February 13, 2018

Flavors of Empire

Food and the Making of Thai America

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, empire, race, immigration, and Los Angeles in …
Asian American Studies December 13, 2017

Chino

Anti-Chinese Racism in Mexico, 1880-1940

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) traces the evolution of the Chinese in Mexico from …
Asian American Studies November 14, 2017

A Different Shade of Justice

Asian American Civil Rights in the South

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 Hinnershitz (Cleveland State University) examines the important …