TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lee,Erika
AU  - Soontornvat,Christina
AU  - Lee,Erika
TI  - Made in Asian America: a history for young people 
SN  - 9780063242937
PY  - 2024///]
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
KW  - Asian Americans
KW  - History
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Asians
KW  - United States
KW  - Racism
KW  - Emigration and immigration
KW  - South Asia
KW  - Ethnic relations
KW  - Race relations
KW  - Adaptations
KW  - lcgft
N1  - "This book has been adapted from The making of Asian America: a history by Erika Lee (Simon & Schuster, 2015)"--Title page verso; Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-285) and index; Introduction -- Who are Asian Americans? -- Columbus's mistake -- Following the routes of empire: Asians in "New Spain" -- Broken promises: Afong Moy and the struggles of Asian laborers ; What's in a nam? -- In search of gold mountain: Mamie Tape and the first Chinese in America -- One thousand questions: Tyrus Wong, Angel Island, and Chinese exclusion ; Who gets to be an American? -- Unwavering: Mary Paik Lee -- Steadfast survivors: the Bagain family -- An All-American girl: Monica Itoi Stone -- Aldready American: Francisco Cariño -- Military necessity: the incarceration of Japanese Americans ; America's concentration camps -- "Good" Asians, "Bad" Asians -- Loyalty -- Impossible dreams: Deann Borshay ; From picture brides to punk rockers: Asian American women make history -- Solidarity: the ongoing fight for civil rights -- America's gates reopen: the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act ; Asian American food -- The mythical model minority -- Firsts and flying fists -- Seeking refuge: Southeast Asian Americans -- "It's because of you"- the murder of Vincent Chin -- Left to burn: Koreatown on Sa I Gu -- "Looking like the enemy" -- Asian American reckonings -- Made in Asian America -- Author's notes; Ages 10 and up; Quill Tree Books
N2  - "This book is a stirring account of the ordinary people and extraordinary acts that made Asian America and the young people who are remaking America today"--Amazon
ER  -