title: Placing Asian American Child Development Within Historical Context.
abstract: This article discusses influences of historical time and place on the development of children and youth of Asian descent in the U.S. Chinese, Indian, Hmong, and Filipino American experiences illustrate how history has defined race and racial stereotypes, determined cultural and community contexts, established pre-/postmigration circumstances, and influenced oppression and discrimination. Cross-cutting issues as applied to other ethnicities are discussed. By recognizing history's reach on child development, this article intends to inspire others to acknowledge and consider historical influences in their work. It also lays a foundation for the two ensuing articles within this Special Section, which present a novel conceptual framework (Mistry et al., this volume) and methodological recommendations (Yoshikawa, Mistry, & Wang, this volume) for research.
authors.affiliation: Wake Forest University.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kiang
authors.affiliation: W. T. Grant Foundation.
authors.forename: Vivian
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tseng
authors.affiliation: Fordham University.
authors.forename: Tiffany
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yip
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001213:Asian / Q000266:history; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans