Made in Asian America : a history for young people

9780063242937 (hardcover)
9780063242937

First edition

xvi, 303 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Ages 10 and up

"This book has been adapted from The making of Asian America: a history by Erika Lee (Simon & Schuster, 2015)"--Title page verso
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-285) and index

Introduction
Who are Asian Americans?
Columbus's mistake
Following the routes of empire : Asians in "New Spain"
Broken promises : Afong Moy and the struggles of Asian laborers
What's in a name?
In search of gold mountain : Mamie Tape and the first Chinese in America
One thousand questions : Tyrus Wong, Angel Island, and Chinese exclusion
Who gets to be an American?
Unwavering : Mary Paik Lee
Steadfast survivors : the Bagai family
An all-American girl : Monica Itoi Stone
Already American : Francisco Cariño
Military necessity : the incarceration of Japanese Americans
America's concentration camps
"Good" Asians, "Bad" Asians
Loyalty
Impossible dreams : Deann Borshay
From picture brides to punk rockers : Asian American women make history
Solidarity : the ongoing fight for civil rights
America's gates reopen : the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act
Asian American food
The mythical model minority
Firsts and flying fists
Seeking refuge : Southeast Asian Americans
"It's because of you" : the murder of Vincent Chin
Left to burn : Koreatown on Sa I Gu
"Looking like the enemy"
Asian American reckonings
Made in Asian America
Author's notes

2023942526

3308407

Soontornvat, Christina, illustrator
adaptation of (work): Lee, Erika. Making of Asian America