Asian Americans: Experiences and Perspectives
- ISBN-10
- 0137429665
- ISBN-13
- 9780137429660
- Series
- Asian Americans
- Category
- Asian Americans
- Pages
- 448
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Pearson College Division
- Authors
- Timothy P. Fong, Larry Hajime Shinagawa
Description
Authoritative, current, and accessible — yet scholastically rigorous — this anthology of personal stories, timely essays, social science readings, and informative educational resources provides a social, economic, and cultural overview of Asian Americans, relates the experiences of Asian Americans, and explores a variety of contemporary social issues deeply affecting Asian Americans. Designed to encourage readers to thinkcritically about social issues facing Asian Americans, it implicitly advances a multi-cultural, comparative, interdisciplinary approach to viewing the Asian American experience, and exposes readers to major theoretical perspectives as well as the latest statistical data on Asian Americans. Offers a wide variety of content material from various political, social, and cultural viewpoints on major contemporary social issues facing Asian Americans — all written by experts in their fields. Readings cover topic areas such as: Identity and Community in the Shaping of Asian Americans; Asian American History: An Overview; The Contemporary Demography and Socio-Economic Conditions of Asian Americans; Theories about Asian Americans and American Race and Ethnic Relations; Critical Perspectives of the Asian American Experience; Auto-Biographical Experiences of Asian American; Asian Pacific Communities — Past and Present; Educational Issues; Employment and Occupation; Popular Culture, Imagery, and Stereotypes; Identity, Family, and Culture; Race, Gender, and Culture; Political Empowerment of Asian Americans; and Future Directions of Asian Americans Educational Resources.For anyone interested in the issues, history, and experiences of Asian Pacific Americans.
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Other editions
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- 2003-04-07
- 302 pages
- Paperback
- Guilford Press
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- 2003
- 330 pages
- Paperback
- Jones & Bartlett Learning
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