Chinatown, Honolulu Place, Race, and Empire

This book offers a critical account of the history of Chinese in Hawai'i from the mid-nineteenth century to the present in this context of U.S. empire, settler colonialism, and racialization.

About the author

Nancy E. Riley is A. Myrick Freeman Professor of Social Sciences at Bowdoin College. Her most recent book is Controlling Reproduction: Women, Society, and State Power (with Nilanjana Chatterjee, 2023).

Summary

This book offers a critical account of the history of Chinese in Hawai‘i from the mid-nineteenth century to the present in this context of U.S. empire, settler colonialism, and racialization.

Product details

• Authors: Nancy E. Riley, Nancy E. (A. Myrick Freeman Professor of So Riley, Riley Nancy E.
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 27.05.2024
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous
• EAN: 9780231196789
• ISBN: 978-0-231-19678-9
• Pages: 288
• Subjects: History, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Migration, immigration & emigration, Local History, Social and cultural history, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Migration, immigration and emigration, History of the Americas, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Black & Asian Studies, Relating to Asian American people, US West, Western & Pacific Coast states, social science; history