South Asian Americans provides a great history of one this country's fastest growing ethnic groups. It looks back through South Asian AMerican history from South Asia to America starting around the early 1900s to the present. It deals with ethnic and religious differences within the group as well as how they have adjusted to Ameirca. It explores how immigration policy has affected the numbers coming to this country. One of the more unique features of the book is that it deals with Indians that came to California in the early 1900s. Generally we think of south asians as being more recent immigrants but this book deals with how the came in early 1900s. These immigrants helped to shape the racial dynamics of California like the Koreans, Japanese and Chinese before them.

Karen is the only person who has written this book , and it gives you a detailed info. about the Kayasthas. A must for all Kayasthas and intresting to read too.