ENGL 249: Introduction to Asian American Literature

Surveys Asian American literature from the nineteenth century to the present day. It explores the variety of historical periods, literary genres and cultural movements affecting the development of Asian American literature, covering subjects from immigrant narratives and internment literature to the problem of translation.

A Companion to the Vietnam War contains twenty-four definitive essays on America's longest and most divisive foreign conflict. It represents the best current scholarship on this controversial and influential episode in modern American history. Highlights issues of nationalism, culture, gender, and race. Covers the breadth of Vietnam War history, including American war policies, the Vietnamese perspective, the antiwar movement, and the American home front. Surveys and evaluates the best scholarship on every important era and topic. Includes a select bibliography to guide further research.