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1	Stubborn Twig: Three Generations in the Life of a Japanese American Family more books like this by Lauren Kessler add to wishlist "Stubborn Twig", originally published in 1994, is a classic American tale of immigrants making their way in a new land. Masuo Yasui arrived in America in 1903 with big dreams and empty pockets. He worked on the railroads, in a cannery, and as a houseboy before settling in Hood River, Oregon, to open a store, raise a large family, and become one of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.55! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Chinese in America: A Narrative History more books like this by Iris Chang add to wishlist In an epic story that spans 150 years and continues to the present day, the bestselling author of "The Rape of Nanking" tells of a people's search for a better life--the determination of the Chinese to forge an identity and a destiny in a strange land and to find success. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White more books like this by Frank H Wu add to wishlist A leading voice in America's Asian community tackles what it means to be Asian American today.. In the tradition of W. E. B. Du Bois, Cornel West, and other public intellectuals who confronted the "color line" of the twentieth century, journalist, law professor, and activist Frank H. Wu offers a unique perspective on how changing ideas of racial ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Balancing Two Worlds: Asian American College Students Tell Their Life Stories more books like this by Andrew Garrod (Editor), Robert Kilkenny (Editor), Vernon Takeshita (Afterword by) add to wishlist see all copies from $13.34! new only from $13.34! \| SVS
5	Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China more books like this by Leslie Chang add to wishlist "Factory Girls" offers a previously untold story about the immense population of unknown women who work countless hours, often in hazardous conditions, to provide the West with material goods. see all copies from $5.87! new only from $8.89! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Once They Hear My Name: Korean Adoptees and Their Journeys Toward Identity more books like this by Ellen Lee, Marilyn Lammert, Mary Anne Hess add to wishlist A testament to the more than 100,000 Korean adoptees who have come to the United States since the 1950s, this collection of oral histories features the stories of nine Korean Americans who were adopted as children and the struggles they've shared as foreigners in their native lands. From their early confrontations with racism and xenophobia to ... see all copies from $8.18! new only from $8.48! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Quiet Odyssey more books like this by Mary Paik Lee add to wishlist see all copies from $2.82! new only from $8.50! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Unraveling the "Model Minority" Stereotype: Listening to Asian American Youth more books like this by Stacey J Lee add to wishlist The second edition of Unraveling the "Model Minority Stereotype: Listening to Asian American Youth" extends Stacey Lee's groundbreaking research on the educational experiences and achievement of Asian American youth. Lee provides a comprehensive update of social science research to reveal the ways in which the larger structures of race and class ... see all copies from $5.38! new only from $18.95! \| SVS
9	The Contemporary Asian American Experience: Beyond the Model Minority more books like this by Timonthy P Fong add to wishlist For undergraduate courses in Sociology of Asian Americans, Introduction to Asian American Studies, or any course focusing on Asian Americans. Combining the rigor of scholarship with the accessibility of journalism, this text examines the contemporary history, culture, and social relationships that form the fundamental issues confronted by Asians ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $29.00! \| first editions \| SVS
10	By Order of the President: FDR and the Internment of Japanese Americans more books like this by Greg Robinson add to wishlist This study of President Roosevelt's 1942 order to intern Japanese-Americans in camps reveals hitherto undisclosed aspects of his administration and character. Robinson explores the evidence that Roosevelt harbored prejudicial views and may have bought into anti-Japanese hysteria of the time. see all copies from $2.97! new only from $23.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Orientals more books like this by Robert G Lee add to wishlist In this study, author Robert G. Lee asserts that the word "oriental" is used by Caucasian Americans to perpetuate the notion that Asian Americans are foreigners, rather than true Americans. In tracing the origins of the label "oriental" and its negative connotations, Lee examines cultural stereotypes that have plagued Asian Americans since the ... see all copies from $11.90! new only from $25.95!
12 view cover	Asian American X: An Intersection of Twenty-First Century Asian American Voices more books like this by Arar Han (Editor), John Y Hsu (Editor) add to wishlist Original writings address the struggles of young Asian Americans to define their identities while growing up in the United States see all copies from $7.45! new only from $25.14! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Screaming Monkeys: Critiques of Asian American Images more books like this by M Evelina Galang (Editor) add to wishlist When a restaurant review referred to a Filipino child as a "rambunctious -little monkey," Filipino Americans were outraged. Sparked by this racist incident, "Screaming Monkeys "sets fire to Asian American stereotypes as it -illuminates the diverse and often neglected history and culture within the Asian American diaspora. Poems, essays, paintings, ... see all copies from $5.98! new only from $12.00! \| first editions
14 view cover	Alien Encounters: Popular Culture in Asian America more books like this by Mimi Thi Nguyen (Editor), Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu (Editor) add to wishlist "Alien Encounters" showcases innovative directions in Asian American cultural studies. In thirteen essays exploring topics ranging from pulp fiction to video art to import-car subcultures, contributors analyze Asian Americans' interactions with popular culture as both creators and consumers. By a new generation of cultural critics, these essays ... see all copies from $10.90! new only from $18.16! \| SVS
15 view cover	Jakarta Inside Out more books like this by Daniel Ziv add to wishlist see all copies from $20.68! new only from $192.75! \| SVS
16 view cover	Racial Transformations: Latinos and Asians Remaking the United States more books like this by Nicholas de Genova add to wishlist Moving beyond the black-white binary that has long framed racial discourse in the United States, this collection of essays examines how the experiences of Latinos and Asians intersect in the formation of the U.S. nation-state. The contributors analyze the political and social processes that have racialized Latinos and Asians at the same time that ... see all copies from $12.95! new only from $12.95! \| first editions
17 view cover	New Worlds, New Lives: Globalization and People of Japanese Descent in the Americas Andfrom Latin America in Japen more books like this by Lane Ryo Hirabayashi (Editor), Akemi Kikumura-Yano (Editor), James A Hirabayashi (Editor) add to wishlist This work confronts the complex question of who and what is a Nikkei, that is, a person of Japanese descent, by studying their communities in seven countries in the Americas. It also considers the special case of the many Latin American Nikkei who have returned to Japan to seek employment. see all copies from $14.00! new only from $19.95! \| SVS
18 view cover	The Chinatown Trunk Mystery: Murder, Miscegenation, and Other Dangerous Encounters in Turn-Of-The-Century New York City more books like this by Mary Ting Yi Lui add to wishlist In the summer of 1909, the gruesome murder of nineteen-year-old Elsie Sigel sent shock waves through New York City and the nation at large. The young woman's strangled corpse was discovered inside a trunk in the midtown Manhattan apartment of her reputed former Sunday school student and lover, a Chinese man named Leon Ling. Through the lens of ... see all copies from $13.44! new only from $24.79! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Asian American Women and Men: Labor, Laws, and Love more books like this by Yen Le Espiritu add to wishlist This groundbreaking volume is among the first to explore the Asian-American experience from a gendered perspective. Yen Le Espiritu documents how the historical and contemporary oppression of Asian-Americans has structured gender relationships among them, and has contributed to the creation of social institutions and systems of meaning. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.78! \| SVS
20 view cover	American Paper Son: A Chinese Immigrant in the Midwest more books like this by Wayne Hung Wong, Benson Tong (Editor) add to wishlist During the height of racist anti-Chinese U.S. immigration laws, illegal aliens were able to come into the States under false papers identifying them as the sons of those who had returned to China to marry and have children. "American Paper Son" is the story of one such Chinese immigrant who came to Wichita, Kansas, in 1935 as a thirteen-year-old ... see all copies from $14.82! new only from $14.82! \| SVS
21 view cover	Home Bound: Filipino American Lives Across Cultures, Communities, and Countries more books like this by Yen Le Espiritu, Dr. Yen Le Espiritu (Editor) add to wishlist Based on in-depth interviews with more than 100 Filipinos in San Diego, California, this text investigates how Filipino women and men are transformed through the experience of migration, and how they in turn remake the social world around them. see all copies from $18.18! new only from $26.95! \| SVS
22 view cover	Missing: Youth, Citizenship, and Empire After 9/11 more books like this by Sunaina Maira add to wishlist In "Missing", Sunaina Marr Maira explores how young South Asian Muslim immigrants living in the United States experienced and understood national belonging (or exclusion) at a particular moment in the history of U.S. imperialism: in the years immediately following September 11, 2001. Drawing on ethnographic research in a New England high school, ... see all copies from $20.00! new only from $23.95! \| SVS
23 view cover	Asian Americans: Personality Patterns, Identity, and Mental Health more books like this by Laura Uba, PH.D. add to wishlist Covers the most recent research on issues facing Asian Americans with respect to personality, ethnic identity, and mental health. Presents a demographic and historical profile of Asian American populations, and discusses cultural values, racism, general family characteristics, and differences in pe see all copies from $1.99! new only from $38.66! \| first editions
24 view cover	Asian American Panethnicity more books like this by Yen Le Espiritu, Yen L Espiritu add to wishlist With different histories, cultures, languages, and identities, most Americans of Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, and Vietnamese origin are lumped together and viewed by other Americans simply as Asian Americans. Since the mid 1960s, however, these different Asian American groups have come together to promote and protect both their individual ... see all copies from $4.04! new only from $24.05! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Surviving Twice: Amerasian Children of the Vietnam War more books like this by Trin Yarborough add to wishlist "Surviving Twice" is the story of five Vietnamese children born during the Vietnam War to American soldiers and Vietnamese mothers. The author raises significant questions about how mixed-race children born of wars and occupations are treated and the ways in which the shifting laws, policies, social attitudes, and bureaucratic red tape of two ... see all copies from $9.00! new only from $12.58! \| SVS

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