April 2, 1999

A New Momentum in Asian-American Studies

By PETER MONAGHAN

Many colleges create new programs; many programs broaden their courses and research

Decades before the Chinese dug for gold in California, traders from Asia came to New York and New England in the 1700s. In a modern-day academic echo of those exploits, Evelyn Hu-DeHart now travels to every American port of call where she thinks her wares might sell.

But it is Asian-American studies that she plies. And colleges and universities

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