The First Asians In The Americas

Essential reading. -Erika Lee, author of The Making of Asian America A broadly thought-provoking book. -Asian Review of Books Fascinating...[this book] indicates new avenues of research...[and] stands as a bellwether for shifting trajectories of analysis that invite micro-historical follow-up. -H-Net Reviews [This book] offers an invaluable perspective... [it] not only intellectually satisfies the reader with a necessary and innovative view . . . but also makes us want to learn more about this essential and still insufficiently explored topic...will become a fundamental pillar within the discipline. -Colonial Latin American ReviewBetween 1565 and 1815, the so-called Manila galleons monopolized trade between Spain's Asian and American colonies. Sailing from the Philippines to Mexico and back, these Spanish ships also facilitated the earliest migrations and displacements of Asian peoples to the Americas. Hailing from Gujarat, Nagasaki, and many places in between, both free and...