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Asian Americans : opposing viewpoints

An anthology of articles on the laws and attitudes towards Asian-Americans throughout the history of the United States including Chinese, Japanese, Filipinos, and Koreans
Print Book, English, ©1997
Greenhaven Press, San Diego, Calif., ©1997
History
240 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
9781565105249, 9781565105232, 1565105249, 1565105230
35084830
Chinese immigration must be restricted / John Bigler
A defense of Chinese immigrants / Norman Asing
Chinese immigrants are harming California / California legislature
The Anti-Chinese movement is harming California / Otis Gibson
U.S.-born children of Chinese immigrants are American citizens / Horace Gray
U.S.-born children of Chinese immigrants are not necessarily American citizens / Melville W. Fuller
Japanese residents can never be assimilated / V.S. McClatchy
Japanese residents are assimilating / Kiichi Kanzaki
Land ownership restriction laws are unjust / George Shima
Land ownership restriction laws are necessary / Elwood Mead
Asian Americans are accepted in Hawaii / Riley H. Allen
Asian Americans face discrimination in Hawaii / William C. Smith
A plea for Filipino repatriation / Filipino Petitioners
Most Filipino immigrants do not want repatriation / Carey McWilliams
All Japanese Americans should be evacuated from the west coast / San Benito County Chamber of Commerce
Japanese Americans should not be subject to mass evacuation / Galen M. Fisher
Japanese Americans should cooperate with government evacuation plans / Mike Masaoka
Japanese Americans should not cooperate with government evacuation plans / James M. Omura
A pessimistic look at the postwar future for Japanese Americans / Ina Sugihara
An optimistic look at the postwar future for Japanese Americans / Bill Hosokawa
Asian Americans no longer face significant discrimination / Fox Butterfield
Asian Americans still face significant discrimination / James W. Chin
Korean American entrepreneurship is an indication of economic success / Elizabeth Mehren
Korean American entrepreneurship is an indication of economic exploitation / Joseph S. Chung
Asian Americans represent an American success story / David A. Bell
Asian American success is a myth / Deborah Woo