Abstract
As you will notice, this issue of the Journal of Asian American Studies is very late. The tardiness of this issue is due to a naïve faith in technology and two crippling hard disk crashes at the beginning of this academic year that totally disrupted journal operations, especially with regard to the smooth transfer of journal duties to Robert Lee, the incoming co-editor. I offer this tale of woe as my mea culpa and to avoid the embarrassment, when I next meet my inquisitive colleagues, of explaining how such a smooth operation in the hands of my predecessor could turn so chaotic so fast (even though I may be missing chances of getting meals or drinks from sympathetic friends). The story begins with the seduction of computer technology, which I wanted to incorporate more fully into the journal's operations. To facilitate the processing of paperwork and to save space in a very crowded office (those of you who work in state mandated room spaces will appreciate this problem), all manuscripts, referee reviews, and correspondence were placed into computer data files.
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