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Handbook of Asian American Health (Hardcover)

Asian Americans encounter a range of health issues often unknown to the American public policy makers researchers and even clinicians. National research often combines Asian Americans into a single category not taking into account the differences... more

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Pre-Owned Lives of Notable Asian Americans : Business Politics and Science 9780791021897 Used

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Asian-American Life Stories

Asian-American Life Stories is a very important book for the study of Asian-Americans in the United States of America. This book contains autobiographical writings by 11 young Asian-American leaders who represent various segments of the Asian... more

Routledge Research on Taiwan Migration to and From Taiwan (Hardcover)

Migration has transformed Taiwanese society in the last 20 years. The main inflows have been temporary workers from Southeast Asian countries and female spouses from Southeast Asia and China marrying Taiwanese husbands. The main outflow has been... more

The Racial Logic of Politics : Asian Americans and Party Competition (Paperback)

Studying the barriers that Asian Americans face in the electoral and legislative processes this work shows how racism is embedded in America s two-party political system. It examines the institutional barriers that Asian Americans face in the... more

Pre-Owned The Lonely American: Drifting Apart in the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover) 0807000345 9780807000342

In today s world it is more acceptable to be depressed than to be lonely-yet loneliness appears to be the inevitable byproduct of our frenetic contemporary lifestyle. According to the 2004 General Social Survey one out of four Americans talked to no... more

Pre-Owned The Lonely American: Drifting Apart in the Twenty-first Century (Paperback) 0807000353 9780807000359

In today s world it is more acceptable to be depressed than to be lonely-yet loneliness appears to be the inevitable byproduct of our frenetic contemporary lifestyle. According to the 2004 General Social Survey one out of four Americans talked to no... more

Creative Rebellion for the Twenty-First Century: The Importance of Public and Interactive Art to Political Life in Ameri (Hardcover)

Employing political philosophy to argue the need for social and public art projects to be a part of the everyday lives of Americans Boros creates a new synthesis of philosophical ideas to support the political value of public art. more

Pre-Owned The Lives and Stories of Early Asian Americans: An Anthology of Asian American Literature from 1887 to 1923 (Paperback) 1943115338 9781943115334

It would be incorrect to say that Asian American literature began during the Civil Rights Movement. Since the late nineteenth century Chinese American immigrants such as Yan Phou Lee and Yung Wing wrote autobiographies about their lives in China and... more

Pre-Owned Handbook of Asian American Psychology 9780803949638

This comprehensive volume now available in paperback examines current research and constructs necessary for improving our understanding of Asian Americans. The contributors focus on a wide range of topics including racism family violence addictive... more

Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe (Paperback)

Allison s comprehensive but accessible treatment of this vital subject is a major contribution to public understanding. -The New York Times Book Review Americans in the twenty-first century are keenly aware of the many forms of terrorism: hijackings... more

Pre-Owned Dissent : Voices of Conscience (Paperback) 9780977333844

During the run-up to the Iraq War Col. Ann Wright wrestled with her conscience. She was deputy ambassador to a Central Asian Republic culminating 29 years of military service including 20 as a State Department diplomat but for the first time she was... more

Pre-Owned The Sum of Our Parts : Mixed-Heritage Asian Americans 9781566398473

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Race and Culture in the American West Series: Nicodemus : Post-Reconstruction Politics and Racial Justice in Western Kansas (Series #11) (Paperback)

Nicodemus was a microcosm of all the issues facing black Americans in the late nineteenth century and Hall McCabe and Niles are archetypes for powerful philosophies that have persisted into the twenty-first century. This study of their ideas and the... more

Eastern legendary tales and oriental romances; being a representation of oriental manners and habits exhibiting a true picture of eastern society. Embellished with twenty-one engravings on steel fr

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Intersectional Rhetorics: Constellating Home : Trans and Queer Asian American Rhetorics (Hardcover)

Examines counterstories where queer trans and disabled Asian Americans recover and reimagine shared histories connecting individual experiences into grounds for solidarity and disruptions of dominant narratives. more

Civil rights issues facing Asian Americans in the 1990s : a report of the United States Commission on Civil Rights. 1992 [Leather Bound]

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East Asian Popular Culture: Entertainment and Politics in Contemporary China (Paperback)

This book advances research about China by providing an updated narrative of its entertainment life in the beginning of China s twenty-first century. As the rest of the world continues to pay keen attention to developments in China s politics... more

Asian Pacific Americans in the Workplace 9780761991229 Used / Pre-owned

This collection of case studies incorporates many voices from the Asian Pacific American business community. Through numerous interviews Diana Wu demonstrates the unique position of Asian Pacific Americans in the U.S. workforce. Based on... more

Studies in Asian Americans Us Hawai i-born Japanese: Storied Identities of Japanese American Elderly from a Sugar Plantation Community (Paperback)

This is a book about the collective identities of Japanese American elderly in a former sugar plantation community in the rural town of Puna Hawai i. more

Fighting Invisibility : Asian Americans in the Midwest (Paperback)

Fighting Invisibility examines how post-1950s Midwest Asian Americans navigate identity and belonging racism educational settings resources within co-ethnic communities and pan-ethnic cultural community. Through the lens of Midwest Asian America... more

The Next American Revolution : Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century (Edition 1) (Paperback)

The Strategist s Best Books About Asian American Identity New York Magazine The pioneering Asian American labor organizer and writer s vision for intersectional and anti-racist activism. In this powerful deeply humanistic book Grace Lee Boggs a... more

Pre-Owned Portraits of African-American Heroes (Paperback) 014240473X

Here ideal for African-American History Month is a stunningly beautiful book consisting of portraits-in pictures and words-of twenty outstanding African-Americans. The individuals range from historical to contemporary figures such as the dancer... more

Asian Americans : Oral Histories of First to Fourth Generation Americans from China the Philippines Japan India the Pacific Islands Vietnam And 9781565840232 Used / Pre-owned

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Pre-Owned Warriors of the Rising Sun: A History of the Japanese Military (Hardcover) 0393040852 9780393040852

This is a compelling well-told story that gives us extraordinary insights into why Japanese and Chinese see each other as they do how Americans and Russians became involved in the barbarism of Asian conflicts and why this will be remembered as the... more

Pre-Owned Asian Americans: Contemporary Trends and Issues (Paperback) 0803943369 9780803943360

Since 1965 when the immigration law was liberalized over 200 000 Asians have arrived annually in the United States increasing their total number to 7.3 million. While focusing on the Asian-American population as a whole this collection also devotes... more

Asian American Sociology: Japanese Americans and the Racial Uniform: Citizenship Belonging and the Limits of Assimilation (Paperback)

How race continues to shape the citizenship and everyday lives of later-generation Japanese Americans Japanese Americans are seen as the model minority a group that has fully assimilated and excelled within the US. Yet third- and fourth-generation... more

journal of the american oriental society vol.20 2nd half 1899 [Leather Bound]

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Asian Americans in Class: Charting the Achievement Gap Among Korean American Youth (Paperback)

This book challenges the model minority stereotype of Asian American students as a critical step toward educating all children well. Focusing on Korean American youth in New York City schools Jamie Lew compares high-achieving students attending an... more

Journal of the American Oriental Society. Volume v.20:2 (July-Dec 1899) 1899 [Leather Bound]

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Pre-Owned Untold Glory: African Americans in Pursuit of Freedom Opportunity and Achievement (Paperback) 0767921178 9780767921176

Untold Glory offers a fresh perspective on one of the most fundamental elements of American history the conquest of new frontiers. In twenty-seven fascinating first-person accounts African Americans from different eras backgrounds and occupations... more

Pre-Owned Daily Life in the United States 1920-1940 : How Americans Lived Through the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression 9781566635844

The twenties and thirties witnessed dramatic changes in American life: increasing urbanization technological innovation cultural upheaval and economic disaster. In this fascinating book the prize-winning historian David E. Kyvig describes everyday... more

Pre-Owned Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and the Passage of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 (Asian America) Paperback

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Pre-Owned Racism Dissent and Asian Americans from 1850 to the Present : A Documentary History 9780313279133

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Pre-Owned Women of Color in U.S. Society (Paperback) 1566391067 9781566391061

The theme of race class and gender as interlocking systems of oppression unites these original essays about the experience of women of color-African Americans Latinas Native Americans and Asian Americans. The contributing scholars discuss the social... more

Pre-Owned The Politics of Asian Americans: Diversity and Community (Paperback) 0415934656 9780415934657

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Pre-Owned Can We All Get Along? : Racial and Ethnic Minorities in American Politics 9780813344232

An updated edition of this groundbreaking book combining traditional elements of political science analysis with a thoroughgoing survey of the political status of Blacks Latinos Asian Americans and American Indians. CONDITION – USED: Books sold... more