Asian Americans

An Encyclopedia of Social, Cultural, Economic, and Political History [3 volumes]

Xiaojian Zhao, Edward J.W. Park Ph.D. (Herausgeber)

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2013
Greenwood Press
978-1-59884-239-5 (ISBN)

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This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date reference work on Asian Americans, comprising three volumes that address a broad range of topics on various Asian and Pacific Islander American groups from 1848 to the present day.

This three-volume work represents a leading reference resource for Asian American studies that gives students, researchers, librarians, teachers, and other interested readers the ability to easily locate accurate, up-to-date information about Asian ethnic groups, historical and contemporary events, important policies, and notable individuals. Written by leading scholars in their fields of expertise and authorities in diverse professions, the entries devote attention to diverse Asian and Pacific Islander American groups as well as the roles of women, distinct socioeconomic classes, Asian American political and social movements, and race relations involving Asian Americans.

Xiaojian Zhao, PhD, is professor of Asian American studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Edward J.W. Park, PhD, is professor of Asian Pacific American studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA.

List of Entries
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Asian Americans in the Twenty-First Century
Chronology
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Primary Documents
Selected Bibliography
Editors and Contributors
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	26.11.2013
Zusatzinfo	85 bw illus
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	4139 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-59884-239-0 / 1598842390
ISBN-13	978-1-59884-239-5 / 9781598842395
Zustand	Neuware