Synopsis
One can hardly understand American history without knowing the crucial role people of Asian ancestry have played in shaping our past, politics, and culture. Exploding myths and stereotypes, with more than fifty pages of new material, this absorbing and accessible reference answers such questions as:
Where and when did the history of Chinese America begin?
What is Zen?
Why do Filipinos have Spanish names?
How did the U.S. get involved in Vietnam?
What is the difference between Hindu and Hindi?
And much, much more.
In a lively question-and-answer format, Everything You Need to Know About Asian-American History provides a complete understanding of the traditions and ideas that people of Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Korean, Indian, and Pacific Island descent have contributed to American life.
Author Biography: Himilce Novas is the author of seven books, including highly acclaimed works of fiction. She has contributed to The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, Connoisseur, Cuisine, and other publications. She taught American literature for some years at the University of Southern California-Santa Barbara, and is currently teaching literature at Wellesley College and Clark University.
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About the Author
Lan Caois the author of Monkey Bridge. She lives in southern California.
From Library Journal
Authors Cao (international business law, Brooklyn Law Sch.) and Novas (Everything You Need To Know about Latino History, Dutton, 1994) use a question-and-answer format to provide information about most of the Asian and Pacific Islander groups in the United States. The authors include the history of immigration, cultural aspects (food, holidays, religions), racial/cultural problems experienced by the various groups, and short biographical sketches of prominent individuals. The format and compact size and price are attractive, but information on the Filipinos and the Pacific Islanders is incomplete, with serious omissions of people and events that fall within the time span covered in other chapters (for example, there is no mention of the 1994 election of a Filipino American as Hawaii's governor or biographies of prominent Pacific Islanders such as Greg Louganis). The Asian American Almanac (Gale, 1995), while more expensive, is a much better resource for public and school libraries.?Katharine L. Kan, Hawaii State Lib., Honolulu
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