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The developments and transformations that historians study may seem abstract and removed from ordinary people's lives. To ground these broader themes and ideas, we present various historical episodes. These stories and essays discuss individual people, groups, or issues in detail to illustrate or highlight larger themes or ideas.

To find those episodes related to a specific subject, chose a category above.

Episodes

  • evil “Oriental” villains — a brief examination of Asian villains in 20th century American popular/mass culture that discusses issues of media representation and “Orientalism.” . . . <read more>
  • how Tiger Woods lost his stripes — Asian Americans in sports (Henry Yu) . . . <read more>
  • fighting for an ambivalent nation — Japanese Americans in the military during WWII (Franklin Odo) . . . <read more>
  • Pacific Islanders and Asian American history — (John Rosa) . . . <read more>
  • Filipino immigrants — (Linda Maram) . . . <read more>

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