Madeline Y Hsu: 3 books
by Madeline Y. Hsu
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
A 2012 survey by the Pew Research Center reported that Asian Americans are the best-educated, highest-income, and best-assimilated racial group in the United States. Before reaching this level of economic success and social assimilation, however, Asian immigrants' path was full of difficult, even...
The Good Immigrants
How the Yellow Peril Became the Model Minority
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2015
Conventionally, US immigration history has been understood through the lens of restriction and those who have been barred from getting in. In contrast, The Good Immigrants considers immigration from the perspective of Chinese elites—intellectuals, businessmen, and students—who gained entrance...
Pacific America
Histories of Transoceanic Crossings
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
In recent times, the Asia-Pacific region has far surpassed Europe in terms of reciprocal trade with the United States, and since the 1980s immigrants from Asia entering the United States have exceeded their counterparts from Europe, reversing a longstanding historical trend and making Asian Americans...