Primary Sources from UH Mānoa Library's Hawaiʻi Congressional Papers Collection
Danico, Mary Yu. “Hiram L. Fong.” In Asian American Society: An Encyclopedia, edited by Mary Yu Danico. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 2014.
This is an encyclopedia-length biographical overview of Fong’s personal and professional life.
De Leon, Adrian and Jane Hong. “Introduction: Conservatisms and Fascisms in America.” Amerasia Journal 48.1: 2-6 (2022).
In this introduction of a special issue for Amerasia Journal, DeLeon and Hong historicize and unpack various examples of Asian American conservatism and right-wing politics in the U.S.
Haslam, Gerald W. and Janice E. Haslam. In Thought and Action: The Enigmatic Life of S.I. Hayakawa. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2011.
This is a biography of Republican firebrand S.I. Hayawaka, a Canadian-born Japanese American who rose to power in California as a university professor turned U.S. senator.
De Leon, Adrian and Jane Hong, interview with Melissa Harris-Perry, WNYC’s “The Takeaway,” podcast audio, March 6, 2023. https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/origins-and-futures-conservatism-asian-america
This is a podcast interview between historians DeLeon and Hong, in which they discuss the special 2022 Amerasia Journal issue on the Asian American right.
Maeda, Daryl J. Chains of Babylon: The Rise of Asian America. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2009.
Maeda traces a history of Asian American social movements and cross-racial solidarities in the 1960s and 1970s, including Asian Americans involved with the Black Panther Party and ethnic nationalism.
Wu, Ellen D. The Color of Success: Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2015.
Wu examines a long history of the “model minority” myth, its antecedents, and the impact of this racialized cultural construction.
Yan-Gonzalez, Vivian. “Bridging Thought and Action: History, the Digital Humanities, and Building the Foundations of Asian/American Political Thought.” Theory & Event 27.4: 616-640 (October 2024).
Yan-Gonzalez explains the importance of examining Asian American electoral engagement as a means for understanding “Asian/American political thought.”
Yan-Gonzalez, Vivian. “Model Minority or Myth? Reexamining the Politics of S.I. Hayakawa.” Amerasia Journal 48.1: 24-43 (2022).
Yan-Gonzalez reexamines the ideological profile and reputation of Sen. Hayakawa, a figure often portrayed as an unabashed assimilationist and an apologist for the right.
Zarsadiaz, James. Resisting Change in Suburbia: Asian Immigrants and Frontier Nostalgia in L.A. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2022.
Zarsadiaz historicizes Asian American suburbanization and immigrants’ cultural, economic, and political impact on the suburbs between the 1980s and 2010s.