Asian Americans in the twenty-first century : oral histories of first- to fourth-generation Americans from China, Japan, India, Korea, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Laos /
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
New Press :
2008.
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Table of Contents:
- Asian Americans as a movement / Dale Minami
- From Toi Shan to the Olympic Peninsula gateway / Ark Chin
- The promise of America / Hoan Dang
- It's about more than hitting the books / Susim Chen
- No dating, just get married / Qing Shan Liang
- Making a new life / Frank Bai
- Changing the tide of history / Dale Minami
- Into the governor's mansion / Gary Locke
- Restaurant, public office, even Bruce Lee / Ruby Chow
- Grassroots victories / Cheryl Chow
- Marriage and the green card / Shamita Das Dasgupta
- Building an orphanage in China / Ark Chin
- Cowboy from Japan / Hank Sasaki
- Jimi Hendrix of the ukulele / Jake Shimabukuro
- The fortune cookies / Joann Lee
- From Laos to Iowa / Steve Thao
- Harlan, Kentucky / Albert Lee
- Growing up in Los Angeles / Daniel Jung
- Portland, Oregon / Jeff Andrada
- Growing up in Hawaii / Jake Shimabukuro
- Between continents / David Tang
- Cultural anchors / Laura Jung
- Of work and family / Agnes Braga
- An editor of entertainment news / Albert Lee
- Chinatown, New York / Corky Lee
- Of Japanese towns and cultural communities / Dale Minami
- Hmong community / Steve Thao
- Vietnamese in Maryland / Hoan Dang
- Living outside of Koreatown / Laura and Daniel Jung
- Claiming space / Shamita Das Dasgupta
- Very tough times / Veronica Leung
- New York's Chinatown : getting back on its feet / Corky Lee
- Within the South Asian community / Shamita Das Dasgupta
- Reconnecting / Naomi McWatt
- Marriage / Gita Deane
- Being Asian, being gay / Albert Lee
- Adopted, from Seoul to New Jersey / Karl Ludwig
- Found / Kristen Houghton
- Of personal challenges and triumphs / Ark Chin
- Journeys of self discovery / Candace Chin
- Hapa with strong Chinese roots / Susha Pratt.