Asian American History a Very Short Introduction

This Very Short Introduction 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."

About the author

Madeline Y. Hsu teaches history at the University of Maryland where she directs the Center for Global Migration Studies. Her award-winning books include Dreaming of Gold, Dreaming of Home: Transnationalism and Migration between the United States and South China, 1882-1943 (2000) and The Good Immigrants: How the Yellow Peril Became the Model Minority (2015). She co-edited A Nation of Immigrants Reconsidered: U.S. Society in an Age of
Restriction, 1924-1965 (2019) and Vol. II of the Cambridge History of Global Migrations (2023). She led the K-12 curriculum project Teach Immigration History produced with the Immigration and Ethnic History Society.

Product details

• Authors: Editor, Hsu, Madeline Y. Hsu, Very Short Introductions
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.05.2026
• EAN: 9780197820711
• ISBN: 978-0-19-782071-1
• Series: Very Short Introductions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Social and cultural history, History of the Americas