Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans Audiobook (Free)

In an extraordinary blend of narrative history, personal recollection, and oral testimony, the writer presents a sweeping history of Asian Americans. He writes from the Chinese language who laid songs for the transcontinental railroad, of plantation laborers in the cane fields of Hawaii, and of ‘picture wedding brides’ marrying strangers in the wish of becoming part of the American desire. He tells tales of Japanese-Americans behind the barbed cable of U.S. internment camps during World War II, Hmong refugees tragically struggling to adapt to Wisconsin’s alien environment and tradition, and Asian-American learners stigmatized by the stereotype from the ‘model minority.’ This is a robust and moving function that may resonate for all Americans, who together make up a country of immigrants from various other shores.