Cyn:
A sweeping history of Asian migration over the last 200 years. The book is very well researched. I love the weaving of individual stories to bring home the tribulations of being foreigners in a foreign land. And, yet, the immigrants’ resolve to make a better life for oneself and one’s family no matter the violence and discrimination leveled against them is inspiring. “I never knew this happened” is my reaction to the many history laid out in this book. Well done.
United States on Feb 15, 2021
Anonymous:
I just went on an Asian American Civil Rights Tour through Fellowship Monrovia church, and I bought this book before the trip with hopes that it could provide some additional context throughout our tour....
This book is incredible. 1) It's very easy to read even as it is dense with facts and information. This is likely because of how wonderfully the book is structured. 2) The insight and connections made between the different ethnic groups as well as connections made to today's cultural and historic context was so appreciated. I can't recommend this book enough!
United States on Aug 07, 2019
S. Lee:
Despite attempts to lump them together or tell their through a simplistic and monolithic “model minority” lens, Asian Americans and their histories are in fact exceedingly diverse and complicated. To be Asian American in the twenty-first century is an exercise in coming to terms with a contradiction: benefiting from new positions of power and privilege while still being victims of hate crimes and microaggressions that dismiss Asian American issues and treat Asian Americans as outsiders in their own country (Lee, 391).
There seems to be an existential crisis every time an Asian American, like myself, attempts to answer “am I American (enough)?” If yes, then what do we mean by “American (enough)”? If no, then what prevents us? What has infected our imagination of who belongs and who does not in this so-called “Land of the Free”?
America, seems to me, has a unique ability to remember things differently and selectively. Reading The Making of Asian America was a speechless experience — how have I never heard of these stories before? Truly, the phantasm of Asian American histories attests and perpetuates the non-visibility of Asian...
United States on Sep 18, 2017
Amazon Customer:
The primary value of this work is that it is the first comprehensive overview of Asian America as living communities or fragments as well as record of experience. I wish it were more analytical in at least raising the question as to how heritage awareness persists and works in tandem with adaptation and change, something we understand rather extensively in the case of German American heritage culture expression.
United States on May 31, 2017
Justin Carpentry:
It gave a good overview of world events related to the US and Asia, including CJK, Viet, Lao, Cambodians and Phillipinos in chronological order. Enjoyed it.
Canada on Mar 09, 2016
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| Total Reviews | 20 reviews | 1 reviews | 727 reviews |
| ASIN | 1476739404 | ||
| Language | English | ||
| U.S. Immigrant History | U.S. Immigrant History | ||
| Item Weight | 1.54 pounds | ||
| Best Sellers Rank | #395 in Asian American Studies #591 in U.S. Immigrant History #8,833 in Historical Study | #36 in Black & African American Biographies#42 in Women's Biographies#221 in Memoirs | #12 in Emigration & Immigration Studies #31 in Black & African American History #75 in African American Demographic Studies |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1476739403 | ||
| Asian American Studies (Books) | Asian American Studies | ||
| ISBN-10 | 9781476739403 | ||
| Historical Study (Books) | Historical Study | ||
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 513 ratings var dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction; P.when.execute { if { dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction = true; A.declarative { if { ue.count || 0) + 1); } } ); } }); P.when.execute { A.declarative{ if { ue.count || 0) + 1); } }); }); | 4.8/5 stars of 195,968 ratings | 4.8/5 stars of 21,594 ratings |
| Dimensions | 6.5 x 1.5 x 9.5 inches | ||
| Hardcover | 528 pages | ||
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster; First Edition |
United States on Jul 03, 2021