In this Book
- Transnational Crossroads: Remapping the Americas and the Pacific
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: University of Nebraska Press
summary
The twentieth century was a time of unprecedented migration and interaction for Asian, Latin American, and Pacific Islander cultures in the Americas and the American Pacific. Some of these ethnic groups already had historic ties, but technology, migration, and globalization during the twentieth century brought them into even closer contact. Transnational Crossroads explores and triangulates for the first time the interactions and contacts among these three cultural groups that were brought together by the expanding American empire from 1867 to 1950.
Through a comparative framework, this volume weaves together narratives of U.S. and Spanish empire, globalization, resistance, and identity, as well as social, labor, and political movements. Contributors examine multiethnic celebrities and key figures, migratory paths, cultural productions, and social and political formations among these three groups. Engaging multiple disciplines and methodologies, these studies of Asian American, Latin American, and Pacific Islander cultural interactions explode traditional notions of ethnic studies and introduce new approaches to transnational and comparative studies of the Americas and the American Pacific.
Table of Contents
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- Introduction
- pp. 1-30
- Part 3: The American Pacific
- pp. 199-312
- Part 4: Crossroads of American Migration
- Contributors
- pp. 461-467
Additional Information
ISBN
9780803240889
Related ISBN(s)
9780803237957
MARC Record
OCLC
795008875
Pages
504
Launched on MUSE
2012-06-26
Language
English
Open Access
No