A collection of essays that illustrates how transnational ties between the US and Asia have shaped, and are increasingly defining, Asian American politics in our multicultural society. It shows how the grassroots activism of America's newest minority both reflects and is instrumental in broader processes of political change throughout the Pacific.
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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
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Discusses Asian Americans as a force for political change on both sides of the Pacific
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| Foreword |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| 1 The Transnational Politics of Asian Americans: Controversies, Questions, Convergence |
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Christian Collet and Pei-te Lien |
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| PART I Asian States and Nationalisms in Asian American Politics: Then and Now |
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2 Dancing with the Rising Sun: Strategic Alliances between Japanese Immigrants and Their "Home" Government |
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3 Journeys of Discovery and Difference: Transnational Politics and the Union of Democratic Filipinos |
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4 Contested Nation: Vietnam and the Emergence of Saigon Nationalism in the United States |
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Hiroko Furuya and Christian Collet |
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| PART II The Practices and Sites of Asian American Transnational Politics |
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5 Transnational Dimensions of Community Empowerment: The Victories of Chanrithy Uong and Sam Yoon |
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Peter Kiang and Shirley Tang |
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6 Working Democracy: Transnational Repertoires of Citizenship among New Chinese Americans |
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7 The Limits of Transnational Mobilization: Indian American Lobby Groups and the India–U.S. Civil Nuclear Deal |
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8 Network Governance of Asian American Diasporic Politics |
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| PART III Transnational Political Behavior and Asian American Identities |
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9 Like Latinos? Explaining the Transnational Political Behavior of Asian Americans |
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Pei-te Lien and Janelle Wong |
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10 The Intersection of "Americanization" and "Racial Expansion": Nisei Identity Politics in Prewar Hawaii |
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11 Does Transnational Living Preclude Pan-Ethnic Thinking? An Exploration of Asian American Identities |
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Christian Collet and Ikumi Koakutsu |
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| Notes |
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| References |
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| About the Contributors |
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| Index |
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Christian Collet is Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations at the International Christian University, Tokyo.
Pei-te Lien is Professor of Political Science affiliated with Asian American Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her book The Making of Asian America through Political Participation (Temple), received the 2002 Best Book Award on Political Participation, Voting, Elections, and Political Behavior from APSA's Division on Race, Ethnicity, and Politics.
