The Making of Asian America: A History (Printing may vary)

The Making of Asian America is a comprehensive and fascinating history of Asian Americans, exploring their role in American life over the past 50 years.

This book provides an in-depth look at the rich, complicated, and sometimes invisible histories of Asians in the United States, from sailors who came on the first trans-Pacific ships to Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II.

The author, Erika Lee, is one of the nation's preeminent scholars on the subject, and her work provides a powerful new way of understanding America itself, its complicated histories of race and immigration, and its place in the world today.

With a new afterword about recent hate crimes against Asian Americans, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in American history and the ongoing struggles of Asian Americans.