A|P|A Histories
Welcome to the A|P|A Histories web site!
This site is a public site for and about Asian Pacific American history. Produced by the Asian Pacific American History Collective, the site presents Asian Pacific American history as it is currently conceived and understood by scholars and others working on the subject. It contains many materials including interpretative essays, historical episodes, original documents and objects (in electronic form), and supplemental resources such as chronologies, bibliographies, teaching lessons, and links to other web sites.
There is no single way to approach the information and knowledge presented here since the purpose is to allow visitors to explore the site in their own fashion and at their own pace. However, the site is organized into different sections that reflect the kinds of historical information presented: histories, episodes, materials, resources, and comments (with a
final section for credits). For visitors who prefer the broad sweep of history and arguments that stimulate, we suggest one of four interpretative histories on: Empire, the Body, Culture, and Borders/Boundaries.
And for those visitors who prefer suggestions, here is the beginning of one of our historical episodes . . .
Locating the Contours of Vietnamese American History
Currently, there exist a few essays on the state of Vietnamese American studies, with some discussion of future directions. These works present vital syntheses and broader framings of research on this ethnic group and serve as useful starting points for thinking about Vietnamese America. The essays provide important ìstate of the fieldî contributions, as they focus and limit their scope toward the necessary first steps of establishing boundaries for existing Vietnamese American research.
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