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The Columbia Documentary History Of The
Franklin . Ed(S): Odo
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Description for The Columbia Documentary History Of The
Hardback. Presents the Asian American heritage through various sources including speeches, diary entries, editorials, and more. This work tells the story of South and Southeast Asians' transplantation to a new culture, and covers the issues of gender relations and sexuality, racial profiling and stereotyping, and diasporic connections to homeland cultures. Editor(s): Odo, Franklin. Num Pages: 688 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 37. Weight in Grams: 953.
Asian immigrants to America and their descendants have confronted numerous negative forces -- fear, arrogance, prejudice, and chauvinism -- and contributed many more positive elements -- courage, pride, tolerance, determination -- throughout their history in this country. This collection of key documents presents the rich Asian American heritage through primary sources -- speeches, diary entries, editorials, advertisements, court opinions, legislation, songs, and poems -- along with expert, concise editorial commentary. It testifies not only to the rapid expansion of the field of Asian American studies in the last decade but also to the innovations in scholarship on Asian Americans in ... Read more
Asian immigrants to America and their descendants have confronted numerous negative forces -- fear, arrogance, prejudice, and chauvinism -- and contributed many more positive elements -- courage, pride, tolerance, determination -- throughout their history in this country. This collection of key documents presents the rich Asian American heritage through primary sources -- speeches, diary entries, editorials, advertisements, court opinions, legislation, songs, and poems -- along with expert, concise editorial commentary. It testifies not only to the rapid expansion of the field of Asian American studies in the last decade but also to the innovations in scholarship on Asian Americans in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
688
Condition
New
Number of Pages
688
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231110303
SKU
V9780231110303
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99-15
About Franklin . Ed(S): Odo
Franklin Odo is director of the Asian Pacific American Program at the Smithsonian Institution and curator in the National Museum of American History. His previous works include A Pictorial History of the Japanese in Hawaii, 1885 to 1924 and numerous articles and essays. He lives in Washington, DC.
Reviews for The Columbia Documentary History Of The
The editor does a very impressive job of summarizing the complex themes and events in Asian American history... The range and variety of the documents are amazing. AMERICAN REFERENCE BOOKS ANNUAL An invaluable contribution to Asian American studies, US racial and ethnic studies, and US history. CHOICE [The Columbia Documentary History of the Asian American Experience] will be an invaluable ... Read more