Everything You Need to Know about Asian American History (Revisededition)

by Himilce Novas and Lan Cao

Book Overview

One can hardly understand American history without knowing the crucial role people of Asian ancestry have played in shaping our past, politics, and culture. Exploding myths and stereotypes, with more than fifty pages of new material, this absorbing and accessible reference answers such questions as: ? Where and when did the history of Chinese America begin? ? What is Zen? ? Why do Filipinos have Spanish names? ? How did the U.S. get involved in Vietnam?...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0452284759
• ISBN13: 9780452284753
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Plume Books
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Everything You Need to Know about Asian American History

This is indeed a valuable resourse, an education in easily assimilated format. Thanks to Ms. Novas for such a concise and wide-reaching work!

Excellent and Readable and Fun History book!

This books covers the whole range of Asian American history in a quick and fun way while being extremely well researched and deceptively scholarly. If a book can be both popular and easy read and yet a perfect academic resource, this is it. I learned more in one hour of reading it than in whole semesters in school. I strongly recommed this book as well as other fiction and non-fiction work by Himilce Novas.

Great Read! Very informative and full of fun stuff!

Wow! I love this book. The question and answer format is really user friendly. It covers all the Asian American groups and gives their history and all sorts of cultural information without feeling heavy. And yet, is IS heavy in the sense that it gave me a very good handle on the struggles and the contribution of the various Asian American groups, as well as all their celebrations, important holidays, legal landmarks, etc. I am half Japanese and it made me very proud of my mother. I am giving the book to all my relatives on my father's side. This one's a definite for any home library. They should teach it in schools. Maybe they do.It should be required reading for all non-Asians as well.

EXCELLENT HISTORY BOOK! FAST AND FUNNY AN DEEP!

this book was an unexpected bonus. not only did i totally enjoy it, it was a breeze to read cause it's in funny Q & As, and when i finished it (i read it here and there, cafeteria style), i really felt like a whole door had been opened to me about asian american history and asian american life--this is an incredible and great and excellent culture. i was also able to use this book to help me with my college history courses, and even with my asian american friends when i visited with their families. two thumbs up!

A most helpful and comprehensive book

I loved the easy-to-read style of the book. Loved it so much I've begun reading other books within the series of "everything you need to know ..." I'm a history major and I've learned a lot from the book about all the various asian immigrant groups that have arrived in the U.S. I've read lots of other history books also, and although they confirm the historical events and facts I got from this book, I found that those other books are just much harder to get through. This book is intended on purpose, it's clear, to be a popular type of book and has no pretense of being some type of "major research" book. It's fun, it makes one wants to learn more about history, and so one does. I think it's really very worthwhile. I can read it on trains, in between classes even. Recommend highly.