Description
Book SynopsisDiscusses Asian Americans as a force for political change on both sides of the Pacific
Trade Review“The book conveys the sense that there is something dynamic, complex and compelling at work here when considering the transnational dimension of Asian American political lives. The reader is left with a sense as well that in looking at these questions for Asian Americans one is getting at least a glimpse at issues that will apply to a growing number of immigrant Americans from reaches other than Asia.”—Paul Watanabe, Director of the Institute for Asian American Studies, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables
Foreword
Acknowledgments
1. The Transnational Politics of Asian Americans: Controversies, Questions, Convergence
PART I: Asian States and Nationalisms in Asian American Politics: Then and Now
2. Dancing with the Rising Sun: Strategic Alliances between Japanese Immigrants and Their “Home” Government
3. Journeys of Discovery and Difference: Transnational Politics and the Union of Democratic Filipinos
4. Contested Nation: Vietnam and the Emergence of Saigon Nationalism in the United States
PART II: The Practices and Sites of Asian American Transnational Politics
5. Transnational Dimensions of Community Empowerment: The Victories of Chanrithy Uong and Sam Yoon
6. Working Democracy: Transnational Repertoires of Citizenship among New Chinese Americans
7. The Limits of Transnational Mobilization: Indian American Lobby Groups and the India–U.S. Civil Nuclear Deal
8. Network Governance of Asian American Diasporic Politics
PART III: Transnational Political Behavior and Asian American Identities
9. Like Latinos? Explaining the Transnational Political Behavior of Asian Americans
10. The Intersection of “Americanization” and “Racial Expansion”: Nisei Identity Politics in Prewar Hawai‘i
11. Does Transnational Living Preclude Pan-Ethnic Thinking? An Exploration of Asian American Identities
Notes
References
About the Contributors
Index
