Overview

Providing the most comprehensive examination to date of Asians in the Centennial State, William Wei addresses a wide range of experiences, from anti-Chinese riots in late nineteenth-century Denver to the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans at the Amache concentration camp to the more recent influx of Southeast Asian refugees and South Asian tech professionals. Drawing on a wealth of historical sources, Wei reconstructs what life was like for the early Chinese and Japanese pioneers, and he pays special attention to the different challenges faced by those in urban versus rural areas. The result is a groundbreaking approach that helps us better understand how Asians survived—and thrived—in an often hostile environment. Offering a fresh perspective on how cycles of persecution are repeated, Wei reveals how the treatment of Asian Americans resonates with the experiences of other marginalized groups in American society. His study sheds light not only on the Asian American experience but also on the development of Colorado and the greater American West.

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Author:   William Wei
Publisher:   University of Washington Press
Imprint:   University of Washington Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.703kg
ISBN:  

9780295995434

ISBN 10:   0295995432
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   01 April 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Prologue | Once Upon a Time in the West 1. Imperialism, Nationalism, and the Coming of Asians to Colorado 2. Chinese Pioneers: Looking for Work, Finding Violence Instead 3. Exotic Oasis in the Queen City of the West 4. Importing Chinese Prostitutes, Excluding Chinese Wives 5. The Denver Race Riot and Its Aftermath 6. Japanese Immigrants: From Feudal Peasants to Independent Farmers 7. Yellow Peril: From Threatening Chinamen to Treacherous Japan 8. A Concentration Camp in the Centennial State 9. Loyalty and Betrayal on the Home Front 10. Asian Colorado’s Greatest Generation Epilogue | Coming to America, Again List of Abbreviations Notes Selected Bibliography Index

Reviews

[ Asians in Colorado brings] to light individual actors among the historical Chinese and Japanese American communities in Colorado-ones that could easily be forgotten. In some cases, these stories re-affirm a broader well-known arc in Asian American and American history, but at other times, he adds a useful complexity to our narratives that furthers the argument and showcases the need for local histories. -- Lily Wong 8Asians.com

[Asians in Colorado brings] to light individual actors among the historical Chinese and Japanese American communities in Coloradoones that could easily be forgotten. In some cases, these stories re-affirm a broader well-known arc in Asian American and American history, but at other times, he adds a useful complexity to our narratives that furthers the argument and showcases the need for local histories. -- Lily Wong 8Asians.com [A] compelling history of Asians in the state. -- Sandra Dallas Denver Post

Author Information

William Wei is professor of history at the University of Colorado. He is the author of The Asian American Movement.

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