Asian American Genealogical Sourcebook
- ISBN-10
- 0810392283
- ISBN-13
- 9780810392281
- Category
- Social Science / Minority Studies
- Pages
- 280
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Publisher
- Gale Research
- Author
- Paula Kay Byers
Description
This text provides historical genealogical information on Asian Americans. The book looks specifically at their emigration history and genealogical records, and features a directory of genealogical information.
Get the book
Similar books
-
Race-ing Justice, En-gendering Power: Essays on Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas, and the Construction of Social Reality
By Nell Irvin Painter, Homi K. Bhabha, Kimberlé CrenshawAs I wrote in a recent tribute to Justice Marshall: There appears to be a deliberate retrenchment by a majority of the current Supreme Court on many basic issues of human rights that Thurgood Marshall advocated and that the Warren and ...
-
Hispanics in the United States
By Harry Pachon, Joan W. MooreJoan W. Moore, Harry Pachon. cause of a more conservative foreign policy and strong anticommunism . Emigré politics is still important among large segments . At one time , there were more than 100 Cuban exile political organizations .
-
Race, Class, and Gender in a Diverse Society: A Text-reader
By Diana Elizabeth Kendall... Elizabeth Higginbotham , Robert Jensen , and bell hooks . I owe a debt of intellectual gratitude to Jeanne H. Ballantine , Catherine White Berheide , Elizabeth Higginbotham , and Marcia Texler Segal for an xii Preface.
-
This Land is Our Land: A Guide to Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults
By Agnes Perkins, Alethea K. HelbigShe sets out to investigate, in particular, the founder of Gumbo Grove, a black man buried there, and unwittingly stirs up people in town who do not want to be reminded of slave days. Eventually, with the help of her parents, ...
-
What the Slaves Ate: Recollections of African American Foods and Foodways from the Slave Narratives
By Herbert C. Covey, Dwight EisnachAccording to Phillips (1966), beef and mutton were not plentiful because of poor grazing pastures. ... Examples of references to beef from the narratives include Hattie Douglas (AR), who spoke of preparing an entire cow and preserving ...
-
The Hispanic Condition: Reflections on Culture and Identity in America
By Ilan StavansExamines the five major Hispanic groups--including Cubans, Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, Central Americans, and South Americans--describes their cultural characteristics, and draws conclusions about their eventual role in mainstream America.
-
Whose Votes Count?: Affirmative Action and Minority Voting Rights
By Abigail M. ThernstromDescribes unexpected effects of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, discusses election rights, modern politics, and voting districts, and looks at election issues of the future 'Thernstrom maneuvers successfully between the civil rights ideology ...
-
Who Built America?: Working People and the Nation's Economy, Politics, Culture, and Society : From the Gilded Age to the...
By American Social History ProjectFROM PREPAREDNESS TO PEARL HARBOR Just as the Depression of the 1930s sharpened antagonisms within the United States , it also bred international conflicts . Advanced industrial nations responded to the widespread decline in consumer ...
-
吃佛：從一座城市窺見西藏的劫難與求生
By 芭芭拉．德米克她穿著牛仔褲及丹寧布的夾克,搭配丹寧布的背包。她正在iPad上輸入訊息,手上的粉紅指甲油已經斑駁。她抬起頭來跟我打招呼,說她正在傳送新年祝福給家鄉的家人。當時德欽已在印度待了兩年。她告訴我,她「大約十八歲」。藏人通常不太清楚自己的出生 ...
-
草原帝国（全新修订版）
By （法）勒内·格鲁塞（Grousset, R.）著, 何滟编译为管理繁荣的国内市场和更好地开展对外交易,在中部港口和广州形成了商会,其规模甚至超过了佛兰德尔的行会和佛罗伦萨的技术协会。对此,马可·波罗记载道:这里商贾云集,个个腰缠万贯,经营着大宗买卖,他们所拥有的财富不可估量。贸易主及其家人过着国王般奢侈 ...