1: Introduction; I: Three Asian American Communities; 2: Ethnicity: Basic Constructions; 3: The Process of Research; 4: Historical Aspects of Asian Americans; 5: The New Asian American Communities; II: The Dynamics of Identity; 6: Capturing Ethnicity; 7: Boundary Maintenance and Reproducing Culture; 8: Ideology and Ethnicity; III: Reassessing Asian American Identity; 9: Conclusion