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UNINA9910464041503321 |
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Titolo |
Asian American history and culture : an encyclopedia / / edited by Huping Ling and Allan Austin |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015 |
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ISBN |
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1-317-47645-X |
1-315-70630-X |
1-78402-819-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (694 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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AustinAllan W |
LingHuping <1956-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Asian Americans |
Asian Americans - History |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published 2010 by M.E. Sharpe. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Cover""; ""Half Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Topic Finder""; ""Contributors""; ""Preface""; ""The Asian American Experience: History, Culture, and Scholarship""; ""Adoption of Asian Children""; ""Affirmative Action""; ""Akaka, Daniel""; ""Alien Land Law Movement""; ""Amerasians and Multiracial Asian Americans""; ""Angel Island Immigration Station""; ""Anti-Asian Violence""; ""Antimiscegenation Laws""; ""Asian American Dance Theatre""; ""Asian American Journalists Association""; ""Asian American Movement""; ""Asian American Studies""; ""AsianWeek"" |
""Assimilation and Acculturation""""Association for Asian American Studies""; ""Association for Asian Studies""; ""Association of Asian/Pacific American Artists""; ""Bilingual Education""; ""Cable Act (1922)""; ""Comedy and Humor, Asian American""; ""Demonstration Project for Asian Americans""; ""Film and Filmmakers, Asian American""; ""Gay and Lesbian Issues, Asian American""; ""Historiography and Historians, Asian American""; ""Immigration Act of 1924""; ""Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965""; ""Interracial Marriage, Asian American""; ""Labor and Employment, Asian American"" |
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""Language, Asian American""""McCarran-Walter Act (1952)""; ""Model Minority""; ""Music and Musicians, Asian American""; ""National Asian American Telecommunications Association""; ""Parenting and Child Rearing, Asian American""; ""Politics, Asian Americans in""; ""Proposition 209 (1996)""; ""Religion, Asian American""; ""Remittances, Asian American""; ""Science and Scientists, Asian American""; ""Theater, Asian American""; ""Transnationalism, Asian American""; ""Undocumented Immigration, Asian American""; ""War Brides and War Brides Act (1945)""; ""Youth Gangs, Asian American"" |
""The Bangladeshi American Experience: History and Culture""""The Burmese American Experience: History and Culture""; ""The Cambodian American Experience: History and Culture""; ""Anti-Cambodian Incidents""; ""Business and Entrepreneurship, Cambodian American""; ""Community Organizations, Cambodian American""; ""Deportation of Cambodians""; ""Education, Cambodian American""; ""Literature, Cambodian American""; ""Music and Dance, Cambodian American""; ""Political and Social Empowerment, Cambodian American""; ""Religion, Cambodian American""; ""Women, Cambodian American"" |
""The Chinese American Experience: History and Culture""""Acculturation and the Chinese American Community""; ""Act to Repeal the Chinese Exclusion Acts (1943)""; ""Anti-Chinese Riots""; ""Banks, Chinese American""; """"Bachelor Society""""; ""Bemis, Polly""; ""Bowl of Rice Movement""; ""Burlingame Treaty (1868)""; ""Business and Enrrepreneurship, Chinese American""; ""Cameron House""; ""Chennault, Anna C. (Chen Xiangmei)""; ""Chiang, Madame Kai-shek (Soong Mei-ling)""; ""Chin (Vincent) Incident""; ""China Books and Periodicals Incorporated""; ""China Lobby""; ""China War Relief Association"" |
""Chinatowns"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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With overview essays and more than 400 A-Z entries, this exhaustive encyclopedia documents the history of Asians in America from earliest contact to the present day. Organized topically by group, with an in-depth overview essay on each group, the encyclopedia examines the myriad ethnic groups and histories that make up the Asian American population in the United States. ""Asian American History and Culture"" covers the political, social, and cultural history of immigrants from East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Pacific Islands, and their descendants, as well as the social and cultural |
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