Gary Y. Okihiro 
American History Unbound 
Asians and Pacific Islanders

A survey of U.S. history from its beginnings to the present,  
American History Unbound reveals our past through the lens of Asian American and Pacific Islander history. In so doing, it is a work of both history and anti-history, a narrative that fundamentally transforms and deepens our understanding of the United States. This text is accessible and filled with engaging stories and themes that draw attention to key theoretical and historical interpretations. Gary Y. Okihiro positions Asians and Pacific Islanders within a larger history of people of color in the United States and places the United States in the context of world history and oceanic worlds.

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List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments


Introduction


PART I. WORLD HISTORY

1. Ocean Worlds

2. The World-System

3. The United States

4. Imperial Republic


PART 2. MIGRANT LABOR

5. Hawai’i

6. California

7. Northwest, Northeast, South, and North

 

PART 3. DEPENDENCY

8. Dependent Hawai’i

9. San Francisco

10. Seattle, New York City, Chicago


PART 4. WARS AND REALIGNMENTS

11. World War II

12. Militarized Zones

13. Global Transits

14. Regenerations


Notes

Index

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Gary Y. Okihiro is Professor of International and Public Affairs and the founding director of the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race at Columbia University. He is the author of ten books, including his latest two, Island World: A History of Hawai’i and the United States (2008) and Pineapple Culture: A History of the Tropical and Temperate Zones (2009), both from UC Press. He is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Studies Association, received an honorary doctorate from the University of the Ryukyus, and is a past president of the Association for Asian American Studies.