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With different histories, cultures, languages, and identities, most Americans of Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, and Vietnamese origin are lumped together and viewed by other Americans simply as Asian Americans. Since the mid 1960s, however, these different Asian American groups have come together to promote and protect both their individual and their united interests. The first book to examine this particular subject, Asian American Panethnicity is a highly detailed case study of how, and with what success, diverse national-origin groups can come together as a new, enlarged p
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monografia Rebiun36519657 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun36519657 m o d | cr -n--------- 911003s1992 paua ob 001 0 eng d 1-4399-0556-8 MiAaPQ eng rda pn MiAaPQ MiAaPQ eng n-us--- Espiritu, Yen Le 1963-) Asian American panethnicity bridging institutions and identities Yen Le Espiritu Philadelphia Temple University Press 1992 Philadelphia Philadelphia Temple University Press 1 online resource (239 p.) 1 online resource (239 p.) Asian American history and culture series Description based upon print version of record Includes bibliographical references and index Contents; Tables and Figures; Preface; 1. Ethnicity and Panethnicity; 2. Coming Together: The Asian American Movement; 3. Electoral Politics; 4. The Politics of Social Service Funding; 5. Census Classification: The Politics of Ethnic Enumeration; 6. Reactive Solidarity: Anti-Asian Violence; 7. Pan-Asian American Ethnicity: Retrospect and Prospect; Notes; References; Interviews; Index With different histories, cultures, languages, and identities, most Americans of Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, and Vietnamese origin are lumped together and viewed by other Americans simply as Asian Americans. Since the mid 1960s, however, these different Asian American groups have come together to promote and protect both their individual and their united interests. The first book to examine this particular subject, Asian American Panethnicity is a highly detailed case study of how, and with what success, diverse national-origin groups can come together as a new, enlarged p English 1-56639-096-6 0-87722-955-4 Asian American history and culture