"Pushes the historical archaeology of Asian diasporas in new and exciting methodological and theoretical directions. Stacey Lynn Camp, author of The Archaeology of Citizenship

Building an innovative methodology that emphasizes diasporic, rather than ethnic, identity, this book provides a model for the archaeology of material culture in pluralistic societies. An essential reference for the archaeology of labor and immigration. Barbara Voss, coeditor of The Archaeology of Colonialism

A dynamic narrative blending historical and material data to interpret the complex...

This book examines the Japanese diaspora from the historical archaeology perspective—drawing from archaeological data, archival research, and often oral history—and explores current trends in archaeological scholarship while also looking at new methodological and theoretical directions. The chapters include research on pre-War rural labor camps or villages in the US, as well as research on western Canada (British Columbia), Peru, and the Pacific Islands (Hawai‘i and Tinian), incorporating work on understudied urban and cemetery sites. One of the main themes explored in the book is...