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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Benson Tong |
| ISBN: | 0313330425 9780313330421 |
| OCLC Number: | 54454634 |
| Description: | xiv, 268 p. ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | pt. I. Essays -- Introduction : the worldview of Asian American children / Benson Tong -- 1. Invisible historical players : uncovering the meanings and experiences of children in early Asian American history / Yong Chen -- 2. The convergence of the twain : representations of Asians in St. Nicholas magazine, 1888-1910 / Claudia Nelson -- 3. Growing up in "Hop alley" : Chinese American youth in St. Louis during the early twentieth century / Huping Ling -- 4. Race, generation, and culture among Japanese American children and adolescents during the internment era / Benson Tong -- 5. Gender, family, and community : cultural reconstruction among teenage Laotian girls in northern California / Bindi Shah -- 6. Ensuring upward mobility : obligations of children of immigrant entrepreneurs / Lisa Sun-Hee Park -- 7. Transnationalism among second-generation Asian Indians / Jean Bacon -- pt. II. Documents -- 1. First experiences in America -- 2. Immigration interview transcripts, 1919 -- 3. An agreement to assist a young girl named Loi Yau -- 4. Ah Quin's diary -- 5. The curious case of Ah-Top (a Chinese legend) -- 6. The children of Chinatown in San Francisco -- 7. Quiet odyssey -- 8. A native Filipino's impressions of America -- 9. Juan : the story of a Filipino boy -- 10. Gong Lum et al. v. Rice et al. (1927) -- 11. My contact with Orientals -- 12. Interview with Miss Chiyo Otera -- 13. Life history of J. Lim -- 14. Interview with Thomas W. Chinn -- 15. Buddhism in the United States -- 16. Autobiography of Wayne Hung Wong -- 17. My viewpoint of the evacuation -- 18. The war stamps or bond that you bought today -- 19. Education section : final report, 1945 -- 20. Stanley Hayami's diary -- 21. Letter from Ontario, Oregon, 1944 -- 22. The homeless Asian American -- 23. Interview with Soukanthone "Aly" Vonckamchanch -- 24. Petition for immigration of Amerasian children -- 25. Letter to U.S. Congress from Amerasian youth -- 26. Life history interview : Niloufer Aziz -- 27. When being best isn't good enough : why Yat-pang Au won't be going to Berkeley -- 28. Everybody seemed to be either white or Black, of a full race. |
| Series Title: | Children and youth |
| Responsibility: | edited by Benson Tong. |
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