In the nineteenth century the predominant focus of American anthropology centered on the native peoples of North America, and most anthropologists would argue t

This book argues that the invention of Asian American identities serves as an index to the historical formation of modern America. By tracing constructions of "

With comparative frontier history and pioneering use of indigenous sources, Giersch provides a groundbreaking challenge to the China-centered narrative of the Q

Reveals how British imperial border-making in the Himalayas transformed a crossroads into a borderland and geography into politics.

Over the course of the half century from 1865 to 1915, the British and Dutch delineated colonial spheres, in the process creating new frontiers. This book analy