Asian Americans: contemporary trends and issues
"Offering a broad overview of the Asian American experience, the Second Edition of Asian Americans: Contemporary Trends and Issues provides an accessible resource for all students interested in this expanding and important ethnic population. Although the contributors examine Asian Americans in general, they also address individual ethnic groups, including Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Indian, Korean, Vietnamese, Laotian, and Cambodian. Unique in its approach, Asian Americans looks at the issues,…
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- Full title :Asian Americans : contemporary trends and issues / editor, Pyong Gap Min.
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"Offering a broad overview of the Asian American experience, the Second Edition of Asian Americans: Contemporary Trends and Issues provides an accessible resource for all students interested in this expanding and important ethnic population. Although the contributors examine Asian Americans in general, they also address individual ethnic groups, including Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Indian, Korean, Vietnamese, Laotian, and Cambodian. Unique in its approach, Asian Americans looks at the issues, successes, and obstacles for each of these populations and provides a comparative focus on each group."
"This is a textbook for undergraduate students studying the Asian American experience and ethnic studies in the fields of Sociology, Political Science, History, and Cultural Studies."--Jacket.
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:2006.
- Edition:2nd ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Pine Forge Press
- Place of Publication:Thousand Oaks, Calif
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2006.
The Physical Object
- Description:358 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1412905567, 9781412905565, 1412905559, 9781412905558
- oclc:ocm58478615
- LC Classification:E184.A75
- Dewey Decimal:973/.0495
Table of Contents
Introduction / Pyong Gap Min -- Asian immigration: history and contemporary trends / Pyong Gap Min -- Settlement patterns and diversity / Pyong Gap Min -- The socioeconomic attainments of Asian Americans / Arthur Sakamoto and Yu Xie -- Major issues for Asian American experiences / Pyong Gap Min -- Chinese Americans / Morrison G. Wong -- Japanese Americans / Daisuke Akiba -- Filipino Americans / Carl L. Bankston III -- South Asian Americans / Nazli Kibria -- Korean Americans / Pyong Gap Min -- Vietnamese, Laotian, and Cambodian Americans / Ruben G. Rumbaut -- Future prospects of Asian Americans / Philip Q. Yang.
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