Growing up brown [[electronic resource] ] : memoirs of a Filipino American / / Peter Jamero

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910785787103321
• Autore: Jamero Peter M
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2006
• ISBN: 0-295-80214-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (382 p.)
• Collana: The Scott and Laurie Oki series in Asian American studies
• Disciplina: 305.89921079
• Soggetti: Filipino Americans - Ethnic identity; Filipino Americans - California - Livingston; Livingston (Calif.) Biography; Livingston (Calif.) Social life and customs 20th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Foreword by Dorothy Laigo Cordova""; ""Introduction by Peter Bacho""; ""Preface""; ""I. Campo Life, 1930-1944""; ""1. The Adventure Begins""; ""2. Maeda's Place""; ""3. Amid the Almond Trees""; ""4. Livingston""; ""II. Learning About The Real World, 1944-1957""; ""5. High School Years""; ""6. Join the Navy and See the World""; ""7. College Days""; ""III. Early Career, 1957-1970""; ""8. My First Real Job""; ""9. Moving Up""; ""10. Washington, D.C.""; ""11. A Stanford Man""; ""IV. The Activist Executive, 1970-1995""; ""12. Region X""; ""13. Umbrella Agency""; ""14. The Professor""""15. King County""; ""16. United Way""; ""17. Whose Human Rights?""; ""18. Community Based""; ""Epilogue ""; ""Afterword by Fred Cordova""; ""Index ""