US History: Living History Project (2024)
Reference, primary sources, news coverage, and web resources to help you contextualize the period of U.S. history you are researching.
Asian Immigration
General Information / Overviews
Chinese Americans
- The Chinese American Experience 1857-1892
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Articles and cartoons from Harper's Weekly Magazine
Kew Laws & Policies Affecting Chinese Immigration
The dark history of the Chinese Exclusion Act (5:57)
- Chinese Exclusion Act
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Chinese Americans After WW II
- Chinese Americans After World War II
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Korean Americans
- Korean American Story.org
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- Korean American Digital Archive
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Mongolian Americans
- The American Kalmyks (1961)
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South Asian Americans
Key Laws & Policies & Early South Asian Immigration
South Asian Immigration After 1965
- Perspective: Is the American Dream dead? Not for Indian Americans
Data paints a picture of a group that has found astounding success in the United States - South Asian American Digital Archive
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Archive of resources documenting, preserving, and sharing stories of South Asian Americans
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