Print Resources: Books and Periodicals

Please use the library's catalog to view the full records to these items and check their availability and location.

Note: While some sources are meant to provide only factual and objective information (e.g. an encyclopedia), various sources listed below provided more in-depth analysis and so may be written from the perspective/viewpoint of the specific author.

Books:

Everything you need to know about Asian-American history
By Himilce Novas and Lan Cao with Rosemary Silva, 2004.
--provides information and perspective on the traditions and ideas that people of Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Korean, Indian, and Pacific Island descent have contributed to American life. Political and cultural history are a particular focus.

A demographic portrait of Asian Americans
By Yu Xie and Kimberly A. Goyette, 2004.
--This source contains maps and statistics on Asian Americans from the United States Census, 22nd, 2000 as published by the Population Reference Bureau.

Yellow : race in America beyond Black and white
By Frank H. Wu, 2002.
--Focuses on the current state of civil rights in the U.S. in the specific experiences of Asian Americans and their activity in the democratic process.

Atlas of Asian-American history
By Monique Avakian, 2002.
--Breaks down the Asian American experience (particularly political and social) into time periods. Includes maps.

Buddhists, Hindus, and Sikhs in America
By Gurinder Singh Mann, Paul David Numrich & Raymond B. Williams, 2001.
--Presents the tenets of the three faiths as well as the variations and practices of individuals and groups after immigration to the United States.

Asian American dreams : the emergence of an American people
By Helen Zia, 2000.
--Contains both specific person and groups accounts of their experiences and contextual analysis of larger political and social effects of and on Asian Americans.

Disoriented : Asian Americans, law, and the nation-state
By Robert S. Chang, 1999.
--Source focusing on current and recent past political and civil rights and activities of Asian Americans.

Asian Americans : opposing viewpoints

Edited by William Dudley, 1997.

--Deals with issue of immigration, stereotyping, and internment of Asian Americans at different points in history as well as the modern conception of Asian Americans a the "Model Minority."

The Asian American Encyclopedia

Edited by Franklin Ng, 1995.

--An extensive 6 volume source for checking specific and/or more obscure terms, topics, and individuals. includes charts, tables, graphs, maps, and photographs that correspond to the text.

The Asian American movement

By William Wei, 1993.

--Focues on political and education events, periods, and campaigns.

Asian Americans : oral histories of first to fourth generation Americans from China, the Philippines, Japan, India, the Pacific Islands, Vietnam and Cambodia

By Joann Faung Jean Lee, 1992.--Primary source on various historical events from the point of view of different Asian American groups.

Periodicals:

A. magazine : the Asian American quarterly.
--Gives up-to-date coverage of politics, economics, social life, and culture.