Model-Minority Imperialism

PREFACE vii INTRODUCTION We Are Here Because You Were There xv 1. Unburdening Empire The Cultural Politics of Asian American Difference 1(25) 2. An Ever-Emergent Empire The Discourse of American Exceptionalism 26(23) 3. "The American Earth Was Like a Huge Heart" Old Dreams and the New Imperialism 49(25) 4. Uplifting Race, Reconstructing Empire 74(39) 5. "Everybody Wants to Be Farrah" Absurd Histories and Historical Absurdities 113(22) EPILOGUE Pay Any Price, Bear Any Burden 135(6) NOTES 141(38) INDEX 179