Asian American History across the Pacific

2017 ◽  
pp. 378-384
Keyword(s):  
Asian American ◽  
American History ◽  
Asian American History ◽  
The Pacific

Commentary: Widening the Lens and Rethinking Asian American History

2007 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 605-610
Author(s):  
THOMAS BENDER
Keyword(s):  
Asian American ◽  
American History ◽  
New Work ◽  
Asian American History ◽  
Comparative Aspect ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Conceptual Clarity ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
New Research ◽  
East West

The new research here reported is extending Asian American and American history into the Pacific, complementing recent Atlantic world studies. Such extension fundamentally challenges the dominant east-west movement of American history. These essays offer (or reveal the need for) greater conceptual clarity in defining terms in the field and the scope of the field's international dimensions. This new work highlights the importance of including a comparative aspect of transnational and global approaches to American history. While Pacific-wide or global developments may share a common history, there are also very specific local histories that demand distinction and invite comparison. Collectively, the essays gathered together suggest a more capacious definition of the field.

Asian American History across the Pacific

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lon Kurashige
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Personal Identity ◽  
Asian American ◽  
American History ◽  
The United States ◽  
Asian American History ◽  
The Pacific

I have never had the opportunity to reflect on my developing interest in Japan, so I welcome the invitation by Professors Takezawa and Okihiro to consider my positionality as a researcher of Asian American history. I do this in light of the exchange between U.S.-based and Japan-based scholars of Nikkei studies held in Shinagawa (Tokyo) in July 2012. This reflection is rooted in personal views, memories, and experiences, because these have been the most powerful influences on my thinking. Yet in focusing on the personal I will not ignore structures of colonialism and racism that have shaped my personal identity within the United States and Japan....

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