Since no one else is jumping in here, I will. I would think you
would want to check: Roger Daniels, Chinese and Japanese in the
United States Since 1850 (1988); Ronald Takaki, Strangers from a
Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans (1989); and
Sucheng Chan, Asian Americans: An Interpretive History (1991).
These are survey-type works, which should be good for getting
started.
Nancy Nakano Conner
Indiana Humanities Council
nconner@indyvax.iupui.edu