Other editions of book Spacious Dreams: The First Wave of Asian Immigration

A history of the first wave of Asian immigration in America

Tells the story of the first wave of Asian immigrations to the United States and Canada, beginning with the importation of Chinese laborers to work on the sugar cane plantations of Hawaii in the 1850s. In the next century, Japanese, Koreans, Filipinos, and Asian Indians joined the Chinese in forming a rich, diverse community.