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Outlawing "Coolies": Race, Nation, and Empire in the Age of Emancipation

Jung explores the relationship between how Chinese laborers were labled and the stance against slavery in the 19th century.

Indochine - A Frenchman's Look at French Indochina

Review of the film "Indochine" about a young Vietnamese girl navigating between her French adoptive mother, her white male lover, and her increasing role in the fight for Vietnamese independence in 1930.

The Floating World: A Novel

In the 1950's, Olivia and her extended family travel along California's coast while her stepfather works at transient jobs, and although her grandmother annoys her with her stories, after her grandmother's death, the stories continue to guide Olivia…