AMERASIA JOURNAL
Volume XXVI Number 1 2000

HISTORIES AND HISTORIANS IN THE MAKING


Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
Histories and Historians in the Making
VALERIE J. MATSUMOTO AND RUSSELL C. LEONG
i.
Musings of a Chinese American Historian
HIM MARK LAI

2

A Historian by Happenstance
YUJI ICHIOKA

32

Using the Past to Inform the Future: An Historiography of Hawai'i's Asian and Pacific Islander Americans
EILEEN H. TAMURA

55

The Indispensable Enemy and Ideological Construction: Reminiscences of an Octogenarian Radical
ALEXANDER SAXTON

86

ii.
Oral History Research, Theory, and Asian American Studies
ALICE YANG MURRAY

1O5

Asian American History: Reflections on Imperialism, Immigration, and "The Body"
CATHERINE CENIZA CHOY

119

On a Stage Built by Others: Creating an Intellectual History of Asian Americans
HENRY YU

141

Reclaiming Chinese America: One Woman's Journey
RUTHANNE LUM McCUNN

163

Asian American Labor History: "What Do You Do?"
Chris Friday

181

iii.
THE ALEXANDER SAXTON HISTORY AWARD ESSAY, 1999-2000
Beyond Random Acts of Violence :Analyzing Urban Patterns of Anti-Asian Violence
Scott Kurashige

208

In Memoriam
N.V.M. Gonzalez from the Heart: A Tribute to His Life and Work
RUEL S. DE VERA, RUSSELL C. LEONG, AND PROSY DELACRUZ

234


Book Reviews


FACE.
By Aimee Liu.
BRANDY WORRALL

239

ASIAN /AMERICAN: HISTORICAL CROSSINGS OF A RACIAL FRONTIER.
By David Palumbo-Liu
KANDICE CHUH

242

MASKING SELVES, MAKING SUBJECTS: JAPANESE AMERICAN WOMEN, IDENTITY, AND THE BODY.
By Traise Yamamoto.
CAROLINE CHUNG SIMPSON
245
SONGS OF THE CAGED, SONGS OF THE FREE: MUSIC AND THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEE EXPERIENCE.
By Adelaida Reyes.
TU-UYEN NGUYEN

248

THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF RACISM: A HISTORY.
By Melvin M. Leiman.
CURTISS TAKADA ROOKS

251

Yeni Gelen Süreli Yayınlar ve İçindekiler (2000)