New immigrants from China, Japan, and beyond adapt to life in America, building railroads, impressing in Hollywood, and fighting for equality.

The first generation of U.S.-born Asian Americans have their loyalties tested during World War II.

Although heralded as a model minority, bold ambition leads Asian Americans to national political office as a culture-quake simmers beneath the surface.

Asian Americans fight for equality in the fields, on campuses and in the culture.

Asian Americans navigate their growing influence at the turn of the millennium, but also face what it means to be an American in a polarised society.