PREFACE
Writing in the Years of Great Hatred

INTRODUCTION
The Multiple Origins of Asian American Histories

ONE
2020: The Health of the Nation

TWO
1975: Trauma and Transformation

THREE
1968: What’s in the Name “Asian American”?

FOUR
1965: The Many Faces of Post-1965 Asian America

INTERLUDE
1965 Reprise: The Faces Behind the Food

FIVE
1953: Mixed Race Lives

SIX
1941 and 1942: The Days That You Remember

SEVEN
1919: Declaration of Independence

EIGHT
1875: Homage

CONCLUSION
1869: These Wounds

Acknowledgments
Notes
Index

Table of Contents

PREFACE
Writing in the Years of Great Hatred

INTRODUCTION
The Multiple Origins of Asian American Histories

ONE
2020: The Health of the Nation

TWO
1975: Trauma and Transformation

THREE
1968: What’s in the Name “Asian American”?

FOUR
1965: The Many Faces of Post-1965 Asian America

INTERLUDE
1965 Reprise: The Faces Behind the Food

FIVE
1953: Mixed Race Lives

SIX
1941 and 1942: The Days That You Remember

SEVEN
1919: Declaration of Independence

EIGHT
1875: Homage

CONCLUSION
1869: These Wounds

Acknowledgments
Notes
Index

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