Asian American Studies Books


China Under Hu Jintao: Opportunities, Dangers, and Dilemmas (Series on Contemporary China)China Under Hu Jintao: Opportunities, Dangers, and Dilemmas (Series on Contemporary China)
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The fourth generation of leaders of the People's Republic of China, while benefiting from the...
The China Mystique: Pearl S. Buck, Anna May Wong, Mayling Soong, and the Transformation of American OrientalismThe China Mystique: Pearl S. Buck, Anna May Wong, Mayling Soong, and the Transformation of American Orientalism
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China endured a series of dramatic, and often tumultuous transformations in the last century....
Families in Japan: Changes, Continuities, and Regional VariationsFamilies in Japan: Changes, Continuities, and Regional Variations
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Sixty Years on: The Fall of Singapore RevisitedSixty Years on: The Fall of Singapore Revisited
People from a dozen modern states were directly involved in the 1942 fall of Singapore: The...
Tell This Silence: Asian American Women Writers and the Politics of SpeechTell This Silence: Asian American Women Writers and the Politics of Speech
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Exploring multiple meanings of speech and silence in Asian-American women's writings, this study...


Rural Development and Agricultural Growth in Indonesia, the Philippines and ThailandRural Development and Agricultural Growth in Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand
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Chinese Immigrants (Immigration to the United States)Chinese Immigrants (Immigration to the United States)
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The United States is truly a nation of immigrants, or as the poet Walt Whitman once said, a...
A Tang Miscellany: An Introduction to Youyang Zazu (Asian Thought and Culture, Vol. 57)A Tang Miscellany: An Introduction to Youyang Zazu (Asian Thought and Culture, Vol. 57)
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Youyang zazu is an important Tang dynasty miscellany by the erudite and well-traveled...
Cultural Compass (Asian American History & Cultu)Cultural Compass (Asian American History & Cultu)
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I happened upon this book by accident and am glad I did. There are some good chapters on...
Kretek: The Culture and Heritage of Indonesia's Clove CigarettesKretek: The Culture and Heritage of Indonesia's Clove Cigarettes
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This book is an incredible journey in picture and word thru Indonesian history, a wonderful...


Displacements And Diasporas: Asians In The AmericasDisplacements And Diasporas: Asians In The Americas
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Asians have settled in every country in the Western Hemisphere; some are recent arrivals, other...
Negotiating Ethnicity: Second-Generation South Asian Americans Traverse a Transnational WorldNegotiating Ethnicity: Second-Generation South Asian Americans Traverse a Transnational World
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In the continuing debates on the topic of racial and ethnic identity in the United States, there...
A Spy in Their Midst: The World War II Struggle of a Japanese-American HeroA Spy in Their Midst: The World War II Struggle of a Japanese-American Hero
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This is one of those books that makes you wake up everyday and appreciate everything you have,...
The Asian Insider: Unconventional Wisdom for Asian BusinessThe Asian Insider: Unconventional Wisdom for Asian Business
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As a western entrepreneur in China, I have found this the most helpful book that I have read to...
Psycho-Social Adaptation and the Meaning of Achievement for Chinese Immigrants (Series: New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC).) (Series: New Americans (Lfb Scholarly Publishing Llc).)Psycho-Social Adaptation and the Meaning of Achievement for Chinese Immigrants (Series: New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC).) (Series: New Americans (Lfb Scholarly Publishing Llc).)
Chua explores what it means to be Chinese or to raise a Chinese-American child in contemporary...

Fishmerchant's daughter: An oral historyFishmerchant's daughter: An oral historyValiant odyssey: Herbert Nicholson in and out of America's concentration campsValiant odyssey: Herbert Nicholson in and out of America's concentration campsEconomic Citizens: A Narrative of Asian American VisibilityEconomic Citizens: A Narrative of Asian American Visibility
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Economic Citizens argues that Asians have been traditionally imagined as the threat of...
Asian Ethical Urbanism: A Radical Postmodern PerspectiveAsian Ethical Urbanism: A Radical Postmodern Perspective
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With the impending demise of modernist planning, the footprints and corpses of failed modernist...
Japanese Americans: The Evolution of a Subculture (Spectrum Book)Japanese Americans: The Evolution of a Subculture (Spectrum Book)

The Racial Logic of Politics: Asian Americans and Party Competition (Asian American History and Culture)The Racial Logic of Politics: Asian Americans and Party Competition (Asian American History and Culture)
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As he systemically studies the barriers that Asian Americans face in the electoral and...
Japanese American Celebration and Conflict: A History of Ethnic Identity and Festival, 1934-1990 (American Crossroads, 8)Japanese American Celebration and Conflict: A History of Ethnic Identity and Festival, 1934-1990 (American Crossroads, 8)
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Do racial minorities in the United States assimilate to American values and institutions, or do...
Students and Teachers of the New China: Thirteen InterviewsStudents and Teachers of the New China: Thirteen Interviews
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Madelyn Holmes' book "Students and teachers of the new China" is both highly...
The Souls of W. E. B. Du Bois: New Essays and ReflectionsThe Souls of W. E. B. Du Bois: New Essays and Reflections
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The Love of LotusThe Love of Lotus
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One of the most enjoyable and informative books I have read. She describes how a young Chinese...

Friendly Advice for the Future of China: Suggestions for Political, Educational, and Economic Reforms to Survive 21st Century Global CompetitionFriendly Advice for the Future of China: Suggestions for Political, Educational, and Economic Reforms to Survive 21st Century Global Competition
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China will be the global superpower and have dominion over the USA. Look at all the rampant...
A Framework for Immigration: Asians in the United StatesA Framework for Immigration: Asians in the United States
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I am a professor at the University of Indiana, and I have been looking for a textbook about...
Building Diaspora: Filipino Community Formation On The InternetBuilding Diaspora: Filipino Community Formation On The Internet
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The dramatic growth of the Internet in recent years has provided opportunities for a host of...
Lone Heart MountainLone Heart MountainCurious lore of San Francisco's ChinatownCurious lore of San Francisco's Chinatown

American Paper Son: A CHINESE IMMIGRANT IN THE MIDWEST (Asian American Experience)American Paper Son: A CHINESE IMMIGRANT IN THE MIDWEST (Asian American Experience)
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During the height of racist anti-Chinese U.S. immigration laws, illegal aliens were able to come...
Life Behind Barbed Wire: The World War II Internment Memoirs of a Hawai'i IsseiLife Behind Barbed Wire: The World War II Internment Memoirs of a Hawai'i Issei
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Yasutaro Soga's "Life behind Barbed Wire" (Tessaku seikatsu) is an exceptional...
Us, Hawai'i-Born Japanese: Storied Identities of Japanese  American Elderly from a Sugar Plantation Community (Studies in Asian Americans: Reconceptualizing Culture, History, Politics)Us, Hawai'i-Born Japanese: Storied Identities of Japanese American Elderly from a Sugar Plantation Community (Studies in Asian Americans: Reconceptualizing Culture, History, Politics)
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This is a book about the collective identities of Japanese American elderly in a former sugar...
Making and Remaking Asian AmericaMaking and Remaking Asian America
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This is the first comprehensive study of how U. S. immigration policies have...
China's Industrial Policies and the Global Business Revolution  The Case of the Domestic Appliance Industry (Routledgecurzon Studies on the Chinese Economy)China's Industrial Policies and the Global Business Revolution The Case of the Domestic Appliance Industry (Routledgecurzon Studies on the Chinese Economy)
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As China has blended market reforms with comprehensive industrial policies, most research has...

Racial Transformations: Latinos and Asians Remaking the United StatesRacial Transformations: Latinos and Asians Remaking the United States
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Moving beyond the black-white binary that has long framed racial discourse in the United States,...
Asian American Issues (Contemporary American Ethnic Issues)Asian American Issues (Contemporary American Ethnic Issues)
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Many Asian Americans have made great strides in achieving the "American Dream."...
The Voices of Amerasians: Ethnicity, Identity, and Empowerment in Interracial Japanese AmericansThe Voices of Amerasians: Ethnicity, Identity, and Empowerment in Interracial Japanese Americans
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This is a powerful and enlightening work bringing clarity and understanding to an important...
Domestic Violence in Asian-American Communities: A Cultural OverviewDomestic Violence in Asian-American Communities: A Cultural Overview
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Domestic violence in Asian American communities remains a rarely discussed, yet pervasive...
Faithful Generations: Race and New Asian American ChurchesFaithful Generations: Race and New Asian American Churches
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The book relates how the body of Christ is now manefesting itself with Asian- Americans as...

Japan's Failed Revolution: Koizumi and the Politics of Economic ReformJapan's Failed Revolution: Koizumi and the Politics of Economic Reform
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This book explains why the process of economic reform in Japan is so problematic, and why...
Feminist Reflections on Growth and Transformation: Asian American Women in TherapyFeminist Reflections on Growth and Transformation: Asian American Women in Therapy
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Understanding multicultural feminist perspectives is vital for clinicians working to effectively...
Korean Americans in Chicago  (IL)   (Images of America)Korean Americans in Chicago (IL) (Images of America)
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Koreans first began to immigrate to Chicago at the turn of the 20th century. Drawn to the Windy...
The Chinese Laundryman: A Study of Social Isolation (New York Chinatown history project)The Chinese Laundryman: A Study of Social Isolation (New York Chinatown history project)
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This book is a MUST-READ for anyone interested in understanding Chinese Chicago in the 1930s...
The Traditional Theater of JapanThe Traditional Theater of Japan
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This is the first book in English to present a comprehensive history of Japanese theater....

The Postsocialist Agrarian Question: Property Relations and the Rural Condition (Halle Studies in the Anthropology of Eurasia)The Postsocialist Agrarian Question: Property Relations and the Rural Condition (Halle Studies in the Anthropology of Eurasia)
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Literary Gestures: The Aesthetic in Asian American WritingLiterary Gestures: The Aesthetic in Asian American Writing
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Literary Gestures: The Aesthetic in Asian American Writing contests the dominance of materialist...
Namast? America: Indian Immigrants in an American MetropolisNamast? America: Indian Immigrants in an American Metropolis
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At some point during the 1990s the size of the Asian Indian population in the United States...
The Mong Oral Tradition: Cultural Memory in the Absence of Written LanguageThe Mong Oral Tradition: Cultural Memory in the Absence of Written Language
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In 1975, after years of struggle, Communists seized control of the government of Laos. Members...
Mipham's Dialectics and the Debates on Emptiness  To be, not to be or neither (Routledgecurzon Critical Studies in Buddhism)Mipham's Dialectics and the Debates on Emptiness To be, not to be or neither (Routledgecurzon Critical Studies in Buddhism)
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This book explores a number of themes in connection with the concept of Emptiness, a highly...

Asian American Evangelical Churches: Race, Ethnicity, and Assimilation in the Second Generation (New Americans (Lfb Scholarly Publishing Llc).)Asian American Evangelical Churches: Race, Ethnicity, and Assimilation in the Second Generation (New Americans (Lfb Scholarly Publishing Llc).)
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Alumkal examines the beliefs and life experiences of American-born/raised Asian American...
The Fire This Time: Essays on Life Under US OccupationThe Fire This Time: Essays on Life Under US Occupation
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his book is compilation of a number of essays by the Chamorro writer, Julian Aguon, the author...
The Deathly Embrace: Orientalism and Asian American IdentityThe Deathly Embrace: Orientalism and Asian American Identity
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Sometimes I wonder what's left for ethnic studies scholars to write about. I mean, once you...
The Triumph of Citizenship: The Japanese and Chinese in Canada 1941-67The Triumph of Citizenship: The Japanese and Chinese in Canada 1941-67
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In this sequel to "A White Man's Province and The Oriental Question", Patricia E. Roy...
Chinese American Literature since the 1850s (Asian American Experience)Chinese American Literature since the 1850s (Asian American Experience)
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This book combines the literary approach and the socio-political approach in such a delightful...

Outside the Paint: When Basketball Ruled at the Chinese Playground (Asian American History & Cultu)Outside the Paint: When Basketball Ruled at the Chinese Playground (Asian American History & Cultu)
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This fascinating book reveals that Chinese Americans began "shooting hoops" nearly a...
The Cyclades, or Life Among the Insular Greeks (3rdguide)The Cyclades, or Life Among the Insular Greeks (3rdguide)
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Described as "a spirited, sometimes quirky, narrative of the ups and downs of simple travel...
Filipino American Faith in Action: Immigration, Religion, and Civic EngagementFilipino American Faith in Action: Immigration, Religion, and Civic Engagement
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Filipinos are now the second largest Asian American population, and the second largest immigrant...
Slavery & Reform In West Africa: Toward Emancipation In Nineteenth-Century (Western African Studies)Slavery & Reform In West Africa: Toward Emancipation In Nineteenth-Century (Western African Studies)
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