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Foreword
Acknowledgments
1. The Transnational Politics of Asian Americans: Controversies, Questions, Convergence
PART I: Asian States and Nationalisms in Asian American Politics: Then and Now
2. Dancing with the Rising Sun: Strategic Alliances between Japanese Immigrants and Their “Home” Government
3. Journeys of Discovery and Difference: Transnational Politics and the Union of Democratic Filipinos
4. Contested Nation: Vietnam and the Emergence of Saigon Nationalism in the United States
PART II: The Practices and Sites of Asian American Transnational Politics
5. Transnational Dimensions of Community Empowerment: The Victories of Chanrithy Uong and Sam Yoon
6. Working Democracy: Transnational Repertoires of Citizenship among New Chinese Americans
7. The Limits of Transnational Mobilization: Indian American Lobby Groups and the India–U.S. Civil Nuclear Deal
8. Network Governance of Asian American Diasporic Politics
PART III: Transnational Political Behavior and Asian American Identities
9. Like Latinos? Explaining the Transnational Political Behavior of Asian Americans
10. The Intersection of “Americanization” and “Racial Expansion”: Nisei Identity Politics in Prewar Hawai‘i
11. Does Transnational Living Preclude Pan-Ethnic Thinking? An Exploration of Asian American Identities
Notes
References
About the Contributors
Index