1. Jayasuriya, Laksiri, David Walker and Jan Gothard (eds). 2003. Legacies of White Australia: Race, culture and nation. Perth: University of Western Australia Press. Contains a series of thoughtful chapters that critically examine Australia's immigration policies in the years since the official abandonment of the White Australia Policy
2. Coughlan, James E. and Deborah J. McNamara (eds). 1997. Asians in Australia: Patterns of migration and settlement. South Melbourne: Macmillan. Contains useful analysis of the data on Asian migration to Australia
3. Walker, David. 1999. Anxious Nation: Australia and the rise of Asia, 1850–1939. St Lucia: University of Queensland Press. The classic historical account of the role of Asia in the emergence of the Australian national identity
4. McConnochie, Keith, David Hollinsworth and Jan Pettman. 1988. Race and Racism in Australia. Wentworth Falls: Social Science Press. Provides an accessible and critical analysis of the origins and effects of racism in Australia, with some useful discussion of racism towards Australians of Asian origin
5. Yamamura, Kozo. 1982. ‘Success that soured: Administrative guidance and cartels in Japan’ in Policy and Trade Issues of the Japanese Economy: American and Japanese perspectives. Edited by Kozo Yamamura. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press. pp. 77–112