The First Asians in the Americas

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The First Asians in the Americas is written by Diego Javier Luis and published by Harvard University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0674294947 (ISBN 10) and 9780674294943 (ISBN 13).

Diego Javier Luis tells the story of transpacific Asian movement to and through the Spanish Americas. On arrival in Mexico, diverse Asian peoples became “chinos” subject to the colonial caste system. Tracing Asian resistance and adaptation to New Spanish ideas of race, Luis presents a Pacific-focused narrative of the colonial Americas.