Asians and Pacific Islanders and the Civil War
Author: Carol A. Shively
Publisher:
Published: 2015-02
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9781590911679
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American History Unbound
Author: Gary Y Okihiro
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2015-08-25
Total Pages: 514
ISBN-13: 0520274350
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"American History: Asians and Pacific Islanders is a survey history of the United States from its beginnings to the present as revealed by Asian American and Pacific Islander history. As such, this textbook is a work of history and anti-history, a narrative and an account at odds with most standard versions of the nation's past. When seen from its margins, the US is an island and an outcome of oceanic worlds, a periphery and a center, a nation and a nation among nations. Asian and Pacific Islander history transforms fundamentally our understanding of American history."--Provided by publisher.
Asians and Pacific Islanders in American Football
Author: Joel S. Franks
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2018-05-04
Total Pages: 307
ISBN-13: 1498560989
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book sheds light on experiences relatively underrepresented in academic and non-academic sport history. It examines how Asian and Pacific Islander peoples used American football to maintain a sense of community while encountering racial exclusion, labor exploitation, and colonialism. Through their participation and spectatorship in American football, Asian and Pacific Islander people crossed treacherous cultural frontiers to construct what sociologist Elijah Anderson has called a cosmopolitan canopy under which Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, and people of diverse racial and ethnic identities interacted with at least a semblance of respect and equity. And perhaps a surprising number of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have excelled in college and even professional football before the 1960s. Finally, acknowledging the impressive influx of elite Pacific Islander gridders who surfaced in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century, it is vital to note as well the racialized nativism shadowing the lives of these athletes.
Our Voices, Our Histories
Author: Shirley Hune
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 2020-03-10
Total Pages: 494
ISBN-13: 1479840017
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn innovative anthology showcasing Asian American and Pacific Islander women’s histories Our Voices, Our Histories brings together thirty-five Asian American and Pacific Islander authors in a single volume to explore the historical experiences, perspectives, and actions of Asian American and Pacific Islander women in the United States and beyond. This volume is unique in exploring Asian American and Pacific Islander women’s lives along local, transnational, and global dimensions. The contributions present new research on diverse aspects of Asian American and Pacific Islander women’s history, from the politics of language, to the role of food, to experiences as adoptees, mixed race, and second generation, while acknowledging shared experiences as women of color in the United States. Our Voices, Our Histories showcases how new approaches in US history, Asian American and Pacific Islander studies, and Women’s and Gender studies inform research on Asian American and Pacific Islander women. Attending to the collective voices of the women themselves, the volume seeks to transform current understandings of Asian American and Pacific Islander women’s histories.
Civil War Aftermath and Reconstruction
Author: Susan E. Hamen
Publisher: ABDO
Published: 2016-08-15
Total Pages: 115
ISBN-13: 1680774638
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis title examines the period the following the Civil War, in which the nation's leadership, former slaves, and veterans of the conflict grappled with the changes of the postwar era. Gripping narrative text, historic photographs, and primary sources make the book perfect for report writing. Features include a glossary, additional resources, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and essential facts. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Chinese Yankee
Author: Ruthanne Lum McCunn
Publisher:
Published: 2014-11-01
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780932538963
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChinese Yankee by Ruthanne Lum McCunn tells the true story of Hong Kong born Thomas Sylvanus (Ah Yee Way), an orphan brought to America for schooling in the mid-1850s, but enslaved in Baltimore. Only sixteen at the outbreak of war, Thomas ran north, joined the Freedom Army, and was blinded in the first major campaign. He failed to fully recover his sight and, deemed incapable of performing the duties of a soldier, was discharged. Yet he reenlisted twice, saved his regiment's colors during the bloodbath of Spotsylvania, was lamed at Cold Harbor, and survived 9 months imprisonment in the dreaded Andersonville stockade. His health broken, but his spirit intact, he battled for survival and justice for his family and himself until his death in 1891. He was, as the New York Times noted, "singular." "[Chinese Yankee] is an extraordinary story that still resonates 150 years later. With her empathy for the central character and her engaging and accessible prose, McCunn is ideally qualified to tell the tale." -- Stuart Heaver, Hong Kong South China Morning Post, November 1, 2014. Advance Praise "A true Civil War story that brings to life a uniquely American hero, Chinese Yankee gives the reader history that speaks to the heart with the aches of struggle, the challenges of identity, and the search for love against all odds." -- Gus Lee, China Boy; Courage: The Backbone of Leadership; and With Schwarzkopf. "Riveting. Couldn't put it down! Couldn't turn the pages fast enough. It's one thing to see a faded black and white picture, quite another to read it in living color, flesh and bone, joy and sorrow." -- Carol Shively, editor, Asians and Pacific Islanders and the Civil War "Uncovering remarkable documentary evidence, Ruthanne Lum McCunn skillfully details the life of Union soldier Thomas Sylvanus (Ah Yee Way). A fascinating read that helps us better understand American society during this critical period in our history. Read it." -- Franklin Odo, Project Director for Theme Study on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, NPS
Everything You Need to Know about Asian-American History
Author: Himilce Novas
Publisher: Plume Books
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780452284753
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents an overview of history, traditions, myths, and contributions of Asian Americans and examines the impact they have made on life in the United States.
Asian American History
Author: Madeline Yuan-yin Hsu
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 185
ISBN-13: 0190219769
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis title provides a narrative interpretation of key themes that emerge in the history of Asian migrations to North America, highlighting how Asian immigration has shaped the evolution of ideological and legal interpretations of America as a 'nation of immigrants'.
Civil Wars, Insecurity, and Intervention
Author: Barbara F. Walter
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780231116275
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSince the end of the Cold War, a series of costly civil wars, many of them ethnic conflicts, have dominated the international security agenda. This volume offers a detailed examination of four recent interventions by the international community.
