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Asian Americans Emerging Minorities

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ISBN-10: 013790486X

ISBN-13: 9780137904860

Edition: 3rd 2001 (Revised)

Authors: Harry H. L. Kitano, Roger Daniels

List price: $91.80
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This book provides concise coverage of the major Asian American groups from both an historical and socio-cultural perspective. Coverage of each major groupChinese, Japanese, Filipinos, Asian Indians, Koreans, Pacific Islanders, and newer Asian American groupsespecially those from Southeast Asia and South Asiaprovides readers with a balanced overview of all cultures within US Asian society. Content reflects developments of the late 1990s and includes updated demographic information. For research in sociology, history, and ethnic studies professions.
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Book details

List price: $91.80
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 12/5/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Historian Roger Daniels has written numerous books, mostly on immigration history and Japanese-American internment during World War II. He was past president of the Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era and the Immigration History Society. He served as a consultant to the Presidential Commission on the Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians and on the planning committee for the Immigration Museum on Ellis Island. He has also worked with the National Park Service on historic sites and as a historical consultant for many television programs. As a Fulbright Professor he taught at five universities in Europe and two universities in Canada. His last position was at…    

Introduction
Immigration Laws and Their Effects
The Chinese: The Early Years
The Chinese: After 1943
The Japanese: The Early Years
The Japanese: After 1946
The Filipinos
South Asians: Asian Indians, Pakistanis, and Bangladeshis
The Koreans
The Pacific Islanders
The Southeast Asians
The Present Status of Asian Americans
Adaptation of Asian Americans
Appendix: Census Bureau Information on the Web
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index