Asian Americans: Contemporary Trends and Issues - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0803943350 ISBN 13: 9780803943353

Casa editrice: Sage Pubns, 1995

Riassunto

Since 1965, when the immigration law was liberalized, over 200,000 Asians have arrived annually in the United States, increasing their total number to 7.3 million. While focusing on the Asian-American population as a whole, this collection also devotes a number of chapters to the major ethnic groups within that population, including Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Vietnamese, Indian and Korean.

Asian Americans adopts the unique approach of examining the issues, and often obstacles, specific to each group, such as occupational and economic adjustment, intermarriage and settlement patterns. Attention is also given to the impact of migration on traditional customs and values of the groups, as well as their collective impa

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Contenuti

Introduction - Pyong Gap Min
An Overview of Asian Americans - Pyong Gap Min
Major Issues Relating to Asian American Experiences - Pyong Gap Min
Chinese Americans - Morrison G Wong
Japanese Americans - Setsuko Matsunaga Nishi
Filipino Americans - Pauline Agbayani-Siewert and Linda Revilla
Asian Indian Americans - Manju Sheth
Korean Americans - Pyong Gap Min
Vietnamese, Laotian and Cambodian Americans - Rubén G Rumbaut
Future Prospects of Asian Americans - Pyong Gap Min

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Sage Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0803943350
• ISBN 13: 9780803943353
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 240
• Redattore: Min Pyong Gap
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