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RACE AND ETHNICITY / ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES

FORTHCOMING Asian American History of

Asian American Culture Asian Americans
History Day by Day From Anime to Tiger Moms Exploring Diverse Roots

A Reference Guide 2 VOLUMES | LAN DONG, EDITOR JONATHAN H. X. LEE
to Events
JONATHAN H.X. LEE

GREENWOOD
GREENWOOD January 2015, 210pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4
March 2016, 792pp, 7x10 Print: 978-0-313-38458-5
Print: 978-1-4408-2920-8 $58.00, £45.00, €53.00
GREENWOOD $189.00, £146.00, €172.00 eBook: 978-0-313-38459-2
March 2018, 401pp, 7x10 eBook: 978-1-4408-2921-5
Print: 978-0-313-39927-5
$94.00, £73.00, €86.00 “ Lee, an expert on Asian
eBook: 978-0-313-39928-2 Secondary students in social heritage in the U.S., compiles
“ studies and multicultural an accessible overview on

An accessible and ready reference for courses will find these volumes immigration history. . . .
student research, this day-by-day guide a starting point, offering more [R]ecommended for high school
highlights the importance of Asian scope and graphics. ” and public libraries. ”
Americans in U.S. history, detailing the —School Library Journal, July 1, 2016 —Booklist, September 1, 2015
impact of specific individuals and this A comprehensive, compelling, and
large ethnic group as a whole across Providing comprehensive coverage of clearly written title that provides a rich
time and documenting the evolution of a variety of Asian American cultural examination of the history of Asians
policies, issues, and feelings concerning forms, including folk tradition, literature, in the United States, covering well-
this particular American population. religion, education, politics, sports,
and popular culture, this two-volume established Asian American groups
FEATURES work is an ideal resource for students as well as emerging ones such as the
• Provides detailed information and general readers that reveals the Burmese, Bhutanese, and Tibetan
throughout history on the events, historical, regional, and ethnic diversity American communities.
people, and places of Asian American within specific traditions.
history FEATURES
• Offers information on celebrities, FEATURES • Compares 19th-century Asian
inventors, events, and more that • Presents sources for more American history in Hawaii with that
relate to Asian American life in the information on the subjects discussed on the American mainland
United States with Further Readings for each entry
JONATHAN H. X. LEE, PhD, is
associate professor of Asian American
JONATHAN H. X. LEE, PhD, is LAN DONG, PhD, is associate studies, specializing in Southeast Asian
associate professor of Asian American professor of English at University of and Sino-Southeast Asian American
studies, specializing in Southeast Asian Illinois Springfield. She is the author studies at San Francisco State
and Sino-Southeast Asian American of Libraries Unlimited’s Reading Amy University.
studies at San Francisco State Tan and a number of articles on Asian
University. American literature and culture.

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