Explore centuries of Asian American and Pacific Islander histories and stories
Foundations and Futures: Asian American and Pacific Islander Multimedia Textbook is the most comprehensive, scholar informed, online history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders that redefines the American narrative for high school, college and lifelong learners in order to open unlimited possibilities for building a just, multiracial, and democratic future.
Influential people & movements
Pivotal moments from Asian American and Pacific Islander history.
Influential people & movements
Pivotal moments from Asian American and Pacific Islander history.
Table of contents
The Multimedia Textbook on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders is a narrative change project that brings together distinguished scholarship, open access technology, and ethnic studies pedagogy to deepen public knowledge about who we are, strengthen students’ historical empathy, and bring Asian American and Pacific Islander stories into every classroom.
Foundations
Foundational chapters provide an invaluable insight into the experiences, both past and present, of Asian American and Pacific Islanders. From the impact of Western imperialism to the present-day struggles against racism and systemic inequity, as well as the ground work by the community and leaders towards a more equitable and just future.
Global Capitalism and Migration
War and Empire
Race, Power, and Identity
Community Building
Solidarities
Community Overviews
Community Overviews chapters provide an invaluable insight into the experiences, both past and present, of Asian American and Pacific Islanders. From the impact of Western imperialism to the present-day struggles against racism and systemic inequity, as well as the ground work by the community and leaders towards a more equitable and just future.
Arab Americans
Bangladeshi Americans
Burmese Americans
Cambodian Americans
Chamorros
Chinese Americans
Filipinx Americans
Hmong Americans
Indian Americans
Indonesian Americans
Japanese Americans
Kanaka ‘Ōiwi – Native Hawaiians
Korean Americans
Laotian Americans
LGBTQ+ Asian American and Pacific Islanders
Multiracial and Multiethnic Asian American and Pacific Islanders
Pacific Islanders
Pakistani Americans
Samoans
Taiwanese Americans
Thai Americans
Vietnamese Americans
Landmark Events
Landmark Events chapters provide an invaluable insight into the experiences, both past and present, of Asian American and Pacific Islanders. From the impact of Western imperialism to the present-day struggles against racism and systemic inequity, as well as the ground work by the community and leaders towards a more equitable and just future.
9/11 and the War on Terror
Asian Exclusion: Aliens Ineligible for Citizenship
People & Movements
People & Movements chapters provide an invaluable insight into the experiences, both past and present, of Asian American and Pacific Islanders. From the impact of Western imperialism to the present-day struggles against racism and systemic inequity, as well as the ground work by the community and leaders towards a more equitable and just future.
Asian American Activism
Asian American Labor Movements and Organizing
Asian American and Pacific Islander Women and Feminisms
Chol Soo Lee
(De)colonialism and (De)militarization in the Pacific
Labor and Activism Filipino Farmworkers
Multiracial Youth Organizing
New York Chinatown’s Immigrant Garment Workers: Women in Action (1970-2001)
Patsy Mink
The Tape Family and Chinese American Civil Rights
Vincent Chin
Yuri Kochiyama
Culture & Everyday Life
Culture & Everyday Life chapters provide an invaluable insight into the experiences, both past and present, of Asian American and Pacific Islanders. From the impact of Western imperialism to the present-day struggles against racism and systemic inequity, as well as the ground work by the community and leaders towards a more equitable and just future.
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in The Media
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the South
Disability and Illness
Oral Histories and Storytelling
Social and Cultural Change in Hawai’i
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