"The number of Asian American students in schools and colleges has soared in the last twenty-five years, and they make up one of the fastest growing segments of the student population. However, classroom material often does not include their version of the American experience. Teaching about Asian Pacific Americans was created to address this void. This resource guide provides interactive activities, assignments, and strategies for class ..."
"... see Marlon Horn, Songs of Gold Mountain: Cantonese Rhymes from San
Francisco Chinatown (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1987). 10. Akemi
Kikumura, Through Harsh Winters: The Life of a Japanese Immigrant Woman (
Novato, California: Chandler & Sharp, 1981); and Evelyn Nakano Glenn, Issei,
Nisei, War Bride: Three Generations of Japanese American Women in Domestic
Service (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1986); Crai ..."
"Asian American Studies Now truly represents the enormous changes occurring in Asian American communities and the world, changes that require a reconsideration of how the interdisciplinary field of Asian American studies is defined and taught. This comprehensive anthology, arranged in four parts and featuring a stellar group of contributors, summarizes and defines the current shape of this rapidly changing field, addressing topics such a ..."
"Asian Americans are emerging as a political force and yet their politics have not been systematically studied by either social scientists or politicians. Asian American politics transcend simple questions of voting behavior and elective office, going all the way back to early immigration laws and all the way forward to ethnic targeting. For the first time, this book brings together original sources on key topics influencing Asian Ameri ..."
"The number of Asian American students in schools and colleges has soared in the last twenty-five years, and they make up one of the fastest growing segments of the student population. However, classroom material often does not include their version of the American experience. Teaching about Asian Pacific Americans was created to address this void. This resource guide provides interactive activities, assignments, and strategies for class ..."
"He has served in many capacities in the struggle against institutional expan—
sion and environmental racism in Boston's Chinatown. He is the chair of the
Campaign to Protect Chinatown. He has also provided technical assistance to
victims of anti-Asian violence and has written on issues pertaining to welfare and
immigration reform, hate crimes, and environmental justice. Sin Yen Ling is a staff
attorney at the Asian American Legal D ..."
""Asian American Studies Now" truly represents the enormous changes occurring in Asian American communities and the world, changes that require a reconsideration of how the interdisciplinary field of Asian American studies is defined and taught. This comprehensive anthology, arranged in four parts and featuring a stellar group of contributors, summarizes and defines the current shape of this rapidly changing field, addressing topics such ..."
"Asian Americans are emerging as a political force and yet their politics have not been systematically studied by either social scientists or politicians. Asian American politics transcend simple questions of voting behavior and elective office, going all the way back to early immigration laws and all the way forward to ethnic targeting. For the first time, this book brings together original sources on key topics influencing Asian Americ ..."
Asian Americans The Movement and the Moment by Steven G. Louie, Glenn K. Omatsu Paperback, 322 Pages, Published 2001 by Ucla Asian American Studies Center Press ISBN-13: 978-0-934052-34-4, ISBN: 0-934052-34-4
"Cultural Writing. Asian American Studies. A wide-ranging collection of essays and material which documents the rich, little-known history of Asian American social activism during the years 1965-2001. This book examines the period not only through personal accounts and historical analysis, but through the visual record--utilizing historical prictorial materials developed at UCLA's Asian American Studies Center on Chinese, Japanese, Korea ..."