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Imagined Communities: Asian America in the 1990s

Imagined Communities: Asian America in the 1990s I m a g i n e d C o m m u n i t i e s : A s i a n A m e r i c a i n t h e 1990s Robert G. Lee Brown University Over the past two decadesAsianAmericans have been the fastest grow- ing racial minority in the United States. Between 1965 a n d 1990, the Asian population of the United States grew from one million to over seven million. By the turn of the century, it is likely that Asian America will have a population of over nine million a n d make u p four percent of the total population of the United States. This dramatic growth has also radically transformed the composi- tion of Asian America. Differential rates of immigration have changed the relative size of the various Asian nationality groups. In 1970, Japa- nese Americans comprised the largestAsian ethnic group in the United States; a decade later, they were fewer than Chinese or Filipinos; a n d by the t u r n of the century, they will be o u t n u m b e r e d not only b http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of American-East Asian Relations Brill

Imagined Communities: Asian America in the 1990s

Journal of American-East Asian Relations , Volume 3 (2): 181 – Jan 1, 1994

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 1994 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
1058-3947
eISSN
1876-5610
DOI
10.1163/187656194X00058
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Abstract

I m a g i n e d C o m m u n i t i e s : A s i a n A m e r i c a i n t h e 1990s Robert G. Lee Brown University Over the past two decadesAsianAmericans have been the fastest grow- ing racial minority in the United States. Between 1965 a n d 1990, the Asian population of the United States grew from one million to over seven million. By the turn of the century, it is likely that Asian America will have a population of over nine million a n d make u p four percent of the total population of the United States. This dramatic growth has also radically transformed the composi- tion of Asian America. Differential rates of immigration have changed the relative size of the various Asian nationality groups. In 1970, Japa- nese Americans comprised the largestAsian ethnic group in the United States; a decade later, they were fewer than Chinese or Filipinos; a n d by the t u r n of the century, they will be o u t n u m b e r e d not only b

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Journal of American-East Asian RelationsBrill

Published: Jan 1, 1994

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