Description:
Far East, Down South: Asians in the American South offers a groundbreaking exploration of Asian American experiences in a region often overlooked in ethnic and migration studies. Bringing together interdisciplinary perspectives from history, sociology, and cultural studies, this volume examines the migration, settlement, and evolving identities of Asian communities across the southern United States. From labor and economic integration to race relations and cultural adaptation, the book illuminates the complex role Asians have played in shaping the modern South--making it essential reading for scholars and students of American history, ethnic studies, and regional identity.
Review Quotes:
"Now that there is a substantial population of Asians in the South, it is high time for a volume of this nature. This book will serve a pioneering role by introducing a new and expanding field in Asian American studies that breaks out of the West Coast paradigm and stimulates further research."--Wayne Patterson, author of The Korean Frontier in America: Immigration to Hawaii 1896-1910
"Collectively, the essays make a compelling argument for a distinctive Southern Asian American history for early to mid-twentieth-century Chinese and Japanese Americans: an 'in between' status of honorary and probationary whites who enjoyed some white privileges while pursuing ethnic-niche businesses that underlined the immigrant generation's lack of access to full mobility."--Lisa Rose Mar, author of Brokering Belonging: Chinese in Canada's Exclusion Era, 1885-1945