The Takaki was actually incredibly useful, and since a lot of what it covers is 1800s-mid 1900s, it doesn't actually feel that dated. I think it goes up through the Japanese economic boom of the 80s and the Vincent Chin murder. And it was just so helpful getting the big overview; it really contextualized a lot of stuff for me, like how Japanese Americans tend to have more generations here b/c for some reason, Japanese men were allowed to bring wives over, while Chinese women were mostly barred from coming in -- so an entire generation of Chinese Americans basically just stopped there. And it helped explain why Asian American activism has a shorter history; it's because we were basically kicked out of the country, and it's hard to reach a tipping point with fewer people.