American Peril: The Violent History of Anti-Asian Racism
Author:   Scott Kurashige
Publisher:   University of California Press
ISBN:  

9780520424777


Pages:   352
Publication Date:   07 April 2026
Format:   Hardback
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American Peril: The Violent History of Anti-Asian Racism


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Author:   Scott Kurashige
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
ISBN:  

9780520424777


ISBN 10:   0520424778
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   07 April 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

Table of Contents

Contents   Author’s Note   Introduction   Part I How America Erased the Violent History of Anti-Asian Raciscm (1850s–1970s) 1 • The Violence of Exclusion 2 • The Violence of Empire 3 • From Mass Incarceration to Mass Murder 4 • How Asian Women Become Targets of Violence 5 • The Violence Beyond Vietnam   Part II The Murder of Vincen Chin Remade Asian American Identity and Politics (1980s–Present) 6 • Martyr in the Motor City 7 • White Grievance and the Rise of the Counterrevolution 8 • Naming and Confronting Hate Crimes 9 • When the Police Cause More Harm 10 • Building Community in the Face of Violence Epilogue   Acknowledgments Notes Selected Bibliography Index  

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Scott Kurashige is author of The Shifting Grounds of Race: Black and Japanese Americans in the Making of Multiethnic Los Angeles and coauthor, with Grace Lee Boggs, of The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century.

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