The Making of Asian America: A History

Stuff you missed in history class... because it was likely never taught.

This book is an undertaking. Lee must have pored over thousands of documents, books, and interviews to put this together and distill it into this 400+ page volume. It's an excellent overview about Asians in America, and not just Chinese, Korean, and Japanese Americans either. The book spans from the time of the explorers to present.

I found myself wanting to know more about certain aspects of Asian American history as the book went on, so consider this book your starting point or launching off point.

Lee draws a lot of parallels between the Asian American experience and the black experience, which may be cause for concern for some.