Other Immigrants: The Global Origins of the American People

Contents

Contents Preface ix Introduction 1 Part I: From beyond Europe, 1492–1940 11 1 The Beginnings, 1550–1900 13 2 Asians in Hawaii and the United States 40 3 North to America, 1900–1940 71 Part II: The Emergence of a New Multicultural Society, 1940–Present 99 4 El Norte: Mexicans, 1940–Present 101 5 Central and South Americans 125 6 Across the Pacific Again: East Asian Immigrants 157 7 Across the Pacific Again: South Asian Immigrants 186 8 Middle Easterners 207 9 The New Black Immigrants 232 10 The Refugees: Cubans and Asians 261 Epilogue 289 Notes 293 vii Suggested Reading 361 Index 367 About the Author 389 viii | Contents ...