Introduction

Who are Asian Americans?

Columbus's mistake

Following the routes of empire: Asians in "New Spain"

Broken promises: Afong Moy and the struggles of Asian laborers ; What's in a nam?

In search of gold mountain: Mamie Tape and the first Chinese in America

One thousand questions: Tyrus Wong, Angel Island, and Chinese exclusion ; Who gets to be an American?

Unwavering: Mary Paik Lee

Steadfast survivors: the Bagain family

An All-American girl: Monica Itoi Stone

Aldready American: Francisco Cariño

Military necessity: the incarceration of Japanese Americans ; America's concentration camps

"Good" Asians, "Bad" Asians

Loyalty

Impossible dreams: Deann Borshay ; From picture brides to punk rockers: Asian American women make history

Solidarity: the ongoing fight for civil rights

America's gates reopen: the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act ; Asian American food

The mythical model minority

Firsts and flying fists

Seeking refuge: Southeast Asian Americans

"It's because of you"- the murder of Vincent Chin

Left to burn: Koreatown on Sa I Gu

"Looking like the enemy"

Asian American reckonings

Made in Asian America

Author's notes.