1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462120403321

Autore

Murphy-Shigematsu Stephen

Titolo

When Half Is Whole [[electronic resource] ] : Multiethnic Asian American Identities

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Palo Alto, : Stanford University Press, 2012

ISBN

0-8047-8395-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 p.)

Collana

Asian America

Disciplina

305.895/073

305.895073

Soggetti

Asian Americans -- Ethnic identity

Racially mixed people -- United States -- Ethnic identity

Transnationalism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Prologue; Chapter 1: Flowers Amidst the Ashes; Chapter 2: We Must Go On; Chapter 3: For the Community; Chapter 4: English, I Don't Know!; Chapter 5: Bi Bi Girl; Chapter 6: I Am Your Illusion, Your Reality, Your F; Chapter 7: Grits and Sushi; Chapter 8: I Cut across Borders as If They Have No; Chapter 9: Victims No More; Chapter 10: American Girl in Asia; Chapter 11: Found in Translation; Epilogue; Notes; Recommended Readings; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

""I listen and gather people's stories. Then I write them down in a way that I hope will communicate something to others, so that seeing these stories will give readers something of value. I tell myself that this isn't going to be done unless I do it, just because of who I am. It's a way of making my mark, leaving something behind . . . not that I'm planning on going anywhere right now.""So explains Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu in this touching, introspective, and insightful examination of mixed race Asian American experiences. The son of an Irish American father and Japanese



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996385411503316

Autore

Mingzeis Alexander

Titolo

The way to thrive: or The heavenly thrift [[electronic resource] ] : Teaching a man so to thrive heere, that he may thrive for ever hereafter. By Alexander Mingzeis, minister of Gods word

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : [s.n.], Printed in the yeare, M DC L III. [1653]

Descrizione fisica

[2], 17, [1] p

Soggetti

Christian life

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Annotation on Thomason copy: "Sept. 13.".

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018