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This work aims to explore the representation and implications of Asian identities in American literature from 1893 to 1945.

July 1, 2005

America's Asia: racial form and American literature, 1893-1945

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This work aims to explore the representation and implications of Asian identities in American literature from 1893 to 1945.
Literary analysis of key texts by authors like Jack London, Frank Norris, and John Steinbeck.
Historical context provided regarding events such as the Russo-Japanese War and Japanese-American internment.
Identification of racial themes such as the 'yellow peril' in major literary works.
Examination of economic critiques through the lens of Asian representation and monopoly capitalism.
Discussion of the gradual shift in perceptions of Asians in literature leading up to the mid-20th century.

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Acknowledgments ix Introduction: The Minority Which Is Not One 1 Chapter One: A Genealogy of the Yellow Peril 12 Jack London, George Kennan, and the Russo-Japanese War Chapter Two: Meat versus Rice 47 Frank Norris, Jack London, and the Critique of Monopoly Capitalism Chapter Three: The End of Asian Exclusion? 96 The Specter of Cheap Farmers and Alien Land Law Fiction Chapter Four: A New Deal for Asians 141 John Steinbeck, Carey McWilliams, and the Liberalism of Japanese-American Internment Chapter Five: One World 204 Pearl S. Buck, Edgar Snow, and John Steinbeck on Asian American Character Notes 255 Works Cited 301 Index 329

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