The First Asians in the Americas - Dr. Diego Javier Luis

Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus are joined by Dr. Diego Javier Luis to discuss the first Asians in the Americas as part of Pacific World history. Free and unfree migration, six months of treacherous travel, and cultural uprooting defines the Asian experience in the Spanish Americas. Who were these emigrants, and what happened when they arrived in their new world? Please support this podcast by checking out our patreon: www.patreon.com/primarysourcemedia TRANSCRIPT: coming soon  OUTLINE: 1:13 - Brief Description of the Book 2:43 - The Terminology and the Word “Chino” 9:29 - A Primary Source Nightmare 15:11 - Contextualizing the Time 18:10 - How Did People End Up on These Ships? Free and Forced Migration 26:28 - Why Isn’t This History More Emphasized? 30:31 - Cultural versus Assigned Identity – Racializing “Asians” 37:45 - The Structures within Spanish Colonial Society 44:36 - Chino Emancipation and Similarities to the Atlantic Slave Trade 48:57 - What You Need to Know about the Spanish Inquisition 53:51 - Catarina de San Juan EPISODE LINKS: Diego Javier Luis - https://as.tufts.edu/history/people/faculty/diego-luis The First Asians in the Americas: A Transpacific History - https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674271784 Inquisition - https://www.britannica.com/topic/inquisition Manila Galleons - https://www.britannica.com/technology/Manila-galleon Atlantic World - https://history.illinois.edu/atlantic-world Ethnolinguistics - https://www.britannica.com/science/ethnolinguistics History of Pampagna - https://www.tagaloglang.com/history-of-pampanga Caste And Class Structure In Colonial Spanish America - https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/caste-and-class-structure-colonial-spanish-america Catarina de San Juan - https://thediplomat.com/2024/01/one-womans-journey-from-south-asia-to-mexico-and-from-slave-to-spiritual-icon/ The Conversation - https://theconversation.com/profiles/diego-javier-luis-1475619 Aeon magazine - https://aeon.co/users/diego-javier-luis Smithsonian Folklife - https://folklife.si.edu/magazine/asian-history-oregon-no-no-boy-1603 New Podcast – TBD!  PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: 2c4hpod.com Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2-complicated-4-history/id1664183536 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3svQpZfxhVQnYJMESpp842?si=514780ada34d4aab Full episodes playlist:    https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX2x56DEw1y7EYWxfufgfSR951RrdsXet&si=TuDcpAjaeQx-vjkH SOCIAL: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/2c4h_Podcast - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/2c4hPodcast - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/2c4h_podcast To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices