ABSTRACT
With overview essays and more than 400 A-Z entries, this exhaustive encyclopedia documents the history of Asians in America from earliest contact to the present day. Organized topically by group, with an in-depth overview essay on each group, the encyclopedia examines the myriad ethnic groups and histories that make up the Asian American population in the United States. "Asian American History and Culture" covers the political, social, and cultural history of immigrants from East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Pacific Islands, and their descendants, as well as the social and cultural issues faced by Asian American communities, families, and individuals in contemporary society. In addition to entries on various groups and cultures, the encyclopedia also includes articles on general topics such as parenting and child rearing, assimilation and acculturation, business, education, and literature. More than 100 images round out the set.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
letter |5 pages
The Asian American Experience: History, Culture, and Scholarship
letter |87 pages
Asian Americans Alphabetical Entries
entry |3 pages
Adoption of Asian Children
entry |3 pages
Affirmative Action
entry |2 pages
Akaka, Daniel (1924-)
entry |3 pages
Alien Land Law Movement
entry |3 pages
Amerasians and Multiracial Asian Americans
entry |2 pages
Angel Island Immigration Station
entry |3 pages
Anti-Asian Violence
entry |3 pages
Antimiscegenation Laws
entry |3 pages
Asian American Dance Theatre
entry |1 pages
Asian American Journalists Association
entry |4 pages
Asian American Movement
entry |4 pages
Asian American Studies
entry |3 pages
AsianWeek
entry |4 pages
Assimilation and Acculturation
entry |1 pages
Association for Asian American Studies
entry |3 pages
Association for Asian Studies
entry |2 pages
Association of Asian/Pacific American Artists
entry |3 pages
Bilingual Education
entry |2 pages
Cable Act (1922)
entry |3 pages
Comedy and Humor, Asian American
entry |2 pages
Demonstration Project for Asian Americans
entry |4 pages
Film and Filmmakers, Asian American
entry |3 pages
Gay and Lesbian Issues, Asian American
entry |3 pages
Historiography and Historians, Asian American
entry |3 pages
Immigration Act of 1924
entry |3 pages
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
entry |3 pages
Interracial Marriage, Asian American
entry |4 pages
Labor and Employment, Asian American
entry |3 pages
Language, Asian American
entry |3 pages
McCarran-Walter Act (1952)
entry |2 pages
Model Minority
entry |2 pages
Music and Musicians, Asian American
entry |2 pages
National Asian American Telecommunications Association
entry |4 pages
Parenting and Child Rearing, Asian American
entry |3 pages
Politics, Asian Americans in
entry |3 pages
Proposition 209 (1996)
entry |4 pages
Religion, Asian American
entry |2 pages
Remittances, Asian American
entry |4 pages
Science and Scientists, Asian American
entry |2 pages
Theater, Asian American
entry |3 pages
Transnationalism, Asian American
entry |2 pages
Undocumented Immigration, Asian American
entry |2 pages
War Brides and War Brides Act (1945)
entry |2 pages
Youth Gangs, Asian American
letter |2 pages
The Bangladeshi American Experience: History and Culture
letter |2 pages
The Burmese American Experience: History and Culture
letter |4 pages
The Cambodian American Experience: History and Culture
letter |18 pages
Cambodian Americans Alphabetical Entries
entry |2 pages
Anti-Cambodian Incidents
entry |2 pages
Business and Entrepreneurship, Cambodian American
entry |2 pages
Community Organizations, Cambodian American
entry |2 pages
Deportation of Cambodians
entry |3 pages
Education, Cambodian American
entry |2 pages
Literature, Cambodian American
entry |4 pages
Music and Dance, Cambodian American
entry |4 pages
Political and Social Empowerment, Cambodian American
entry |3 pages
Religion, Cambodian American
entry |3 pages
Women, Cambodian American
letter |7 pages
The Chinese American Experience: History and Culture
letter |124 pages
Chinese Americans Alphabetical Entries
entry |3 pages
Acculturation and the Chinese American Community
entry |2 pages
Act to Repeal the Chinese Exclusion Acts (1943)
entry |2 pages
Anti-Chinese Riots
entry |2 pages
Banks, Chinese American
entry |2 pages
“Bachelor Society”
entry |2 pages
Bemis, Polly (1853-1933)
entry |1 pages
Bowl of Rice Movement
entry |2 pages
Burlingame Treaty (1868)
entry |3 pages
Business and Entrepreneurship, Chinese American
entry |2 pages
Cameron House
entry |2 pages
Chennault, Anna C. (Chen Xiangmei) (1925-)
entry |2 pages
Chiang, Madame Kai-shek (Soong Mei-ling) (1897-2003)
entry |2 pages
Chin (Vincent) Incident
entry |2 pages
China Books and Periodicals Incorporated
entry |3 pages
China Lobby
entry |1 pages
China War Relief Association
entry |1 pages
Chinatowns
entry |4 pages
Chinatown (New York City)
entry |5 pages
Chinatown (San Francisco)
entry |2 pages
Chinatown in Suburban America
entry |2 pages
Chinatown on the Western Frontier
entry |2 pages
Chinese American Citizens Alliance
entry |3 pages
Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association
entry |2 pages
Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
entry |2 pages
Chinese Hospital, San Francisco
entry |3 pages
Chinese Language Schools
entry |2 pages
Chinese School (San Francisco)
entry |2 pages
Chu, Steven (1948-)
entry |2 pages
Commodore Stockton School
entry |5 pages
Community Politics, Chinese American
entry |1 pages
Confession Program
entry |2 pages
Contract Labor, Chinese
entry |1 pages
Crib Papers
entry |2 pages
Daoist Temples in California
entry |3 pages
Demographics, Chinese American
entry |3 pages
Diaspora, Chinese
entry |1 pages
Displaced Persons Act (1948)
entry |3 pages
Education, Chinese American
entry |2 pages
Eu, March Fong (1922-)
entry |2 pages
Family Associations, Chinese American
entry |2 pages
Family Life, Chinese American
entry |3 pages
Festivals, Chinese American
entry |3 pages
Film, Chinese Americans in
entry |1 pages
Flying Tigers
entry |2 pages
Gambling Among Chinese Americans
entry |2 pages
Garment Factories, Chinese Americans in
entry |2 pages
Gold Rush and Mining
entry |3 pages
Grocery Stores and Supermarkets, Chinese American
entry |2 pages
Hwang, David Henry (1957-)
entry |3 pages
Interracial Dating and Marriage, Chinese American
entry |2 pages
Kingston, Maxine Hong (1940-)
entry |2 pages
Kuomintang (Guomindang) in Chinatowns
entry |2 pages
Kwan, Michelle (1980-)
entry |3 pages
Labor and Employment, Chinese American
entry |2 pages
Laundries, Chinese
entry |2 pages
Lee, Bruce (1940-1973)
entry |2 pages
Lee, Rose Hum (1904-1964)
entry |1 pages
Lee, Tsung-Dao (Li Zhengdao) (1926-)
entry |2 pages
Lin, Maya Ying (1959-)
entry |3 pages
Literature, Chinese American
entry |2 pages
Locke, California
entry |2 pages
Locke, Gary (1950-)
entry |2 pages
Ma, Yo-Yo (1955-)
entry |3 pages
Martial Arts (Kung Fu), Chinese
entry |2 pages
Media and Visual Arts, Chinese American
entry |2 pages
Miss Chinatown
entry |2 pages
Nightclubs, Chinese
entry |2 pages
Organization of Chinese Americans
entry |1 pages
Page Act (1875)
entry |2 pages
Paper Sons, Paper Daughters
entry |2 pages
Pei, I.M. (1917-)
entry |3 pages
Political and Social Empowerment, Chinese American
entry |2 pages
Portsmouth Square, San Francisco
entry |3 pages
Press, Chinese American
entry |2 pages
Queue Ordinance (1876)
entry |3 pages
Railroads, Chinese Americans and
entry |1 pages
Refugee Relief Act (1953)
entry |4 pages
Religion, Chinese American
entry |3 pages
Restaurants and Cuisine, Chinese American
entry |2 pages
Sam Yap and Sze Yap
entry |1 pages
San Francisco Earthquake (1906)
entry |2 pages
Sargent, Frank P. (1854-1908)
entry |2 pages
Scott Act (1888)
entry |3 pages
Settlement Patterns, Chinese American
entry |2 pages
Students, Chinese American
entry |2 pages
Tan, Amy (1952-)
entry |2 pages
Tien, Chang-lin (1935-2002)
entry |2 pages
Ting, Samuel C.C. (1936-)
entry |2 pages
Tongs
entry |2 pages
Tsui, Daniel C. (1939-)
entry |2 pages
Wang, An (1920-1990)
entry |2 pages
Wang, Charles B. (1944-)
entry |2 pages
Wang, Vera (1949-)
entry |1 pages
Wang, Wayne (1949-)
entry |2 pages
Wing, Yung (1828-1912)
entry |4 pages
Women, Chinese American
entry |2 pages
Wong, Jade Snow (1922-2006)
entry |1 pages
Woo, Shien Biau (1937-)
entry |2 pages
Wu, Chien-Shiung (1912-1997)
entry |2 pages
Yang, Chen Ning (1922-)
letter |5 pages
The Filipino American Experience: History and Culture
letter |54 pages
Filipino Americans Alphabetical Entries
entry |3 pages
Acculturation and the Filipino American Community
entry |1 pages
Agbayani Village
entry |2 pages
Agricultural Unions, Filipino Americans and
entry |2 pages
Anti-Filipino Movement
entry |2 pages
Aruego, Jose (1932-)
entry |3 pages
Associations, Filipino American
entry |2 pages
Buaken, Manuel (1911-)
entry |2 pages
Bulosan, Carlos (1913-1956)
entry |2 pages
Business and Entrepreneurship, Filipino American
entry |2 pages
Center for Philippine Studies
entry |2 pages
Compadrinazgo
entry |2 pages
Cordova, Fred (1931-)
entry |3 pages
Demographics, Filipino American
entry |3 pages
Education, Filipino American
entry |2 pages
Exchange Visitor Program
entry |3 pages
Family Life, Filipino American
entry |1 pages
Filipinas Magazine
entry |2 pages
Filipino American National Historical Society
entry |2 pages
Filipino Federation of America
entry |2 pages
Filipino Federation of Labor
entry |2 pages
Filipino Higher Wage Movement
entry |2 pages
Filipino Infantry Regiments
entry |2 pages
Filipino Naturalization Act (1946)
entry |2 pages
Hagedorn, Jessica (1949-)
entry |2 pages
Iglesia ni Cristo
entry |3 pages
Immigration, Filipino
entry |2 pages
International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Filipino Americans and
entry |2 pages
Interracial Dating and Marriage, Filipino Americans
entry |2 pages
Itliong, Larry (1913-1977)
entry |4 pages
Labor and Employment, Filipino American
entry |2 pages
Literature, Filipino American
entry |2 pages
Little Manila
entry |2 pages
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904)
entry |2 pages
Media and Visual Arts, Filipino American
entry |2 pages
Navy, Filipinos in the U.S.
entry |2 pages
Nurses, Filipino/a
entry |3 pages
Political and Social Empowerment, Filipino American
entry |2 pages
Religion, Filipino American
entry |2 pages
Repatriation Act (1935)
entry |2 pages
Restaurants and Cuisine, Filipino American
entry |1 pages
Tagalog
entry |2 pages
Taxi-Dance Halls
entry |2 pages
Tydings-McDuffie Act (1934)
entry |3 pages
Women, Filipina American
letter |5 pages
The Indian American Experience: History and Culture
letter |52 pages
Indian Americans Alphabetical Entries
entry |3 pages
Acculturation and the Indian American Community
entry |1 pages
Anglo-Indians
entry |2 pages
Association of Indians in America (AIA)
entry |2 pages
Bose, Sudhindra (1883-1946)
entry |2 pages
Business and Entrepreneurship, Indian American
entry |2 pages
Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan (1910-1995)
entry |3 pages
Demographics, Indian American
entry |2 pages
Education, Indian American
entry |3 pages
Family Life, Indian American
entry |1 pages
First Indo-American Bank
entry |3 pages
Ghadar Movement
entry |2 pages
Health and Medicine, Indian Americans in
entry |3 pages
Homosexuality in the Indian American Community
entry |2 pages
Hotel and Motel Business, Indian Americans in the
entry |4 pages
Immigration, Indian American
entry |1 pages
Khalsa Diwan Society
entry |4 pages
Labor and Employment, Indian American
entry |2 pages
Lahiri, Jhumpa (1967-)
entry |3 pages
Literature, Indian American
entry |2 pages
Media and Visual Arts, Indian American
entry |2 pages
Mehta, Zubin (1936-)
entry |2 pages
Mexican-Indian Marriages
entry |2 pages
Mukherjee, Bharati (1940-)
entry |1 pages
Newsstands, Indian
entry |2 pages
Pandit, Sakharam Ganesh (1875-1959)
entry |3 pages
Political and Social Empowerment, Indian American
entry |2 pages
Press, Indian American
entry |2 pages
Punjabi Americans
entry |1 pages
Ramakrishna Mission
entry |4 pages
Religion, Indian American
entry |2 pages
Restaurants and Cuisine, Indian American
entry |2 pages
San Francisco Radical Club
entry |2 pages
Saund, Dalip Singh (1899-1973)
entry |2 pages
Seattle Exclusion League
entry |2 pages
Self-Realization Fellowship
entry |2 pages
Shridharani, Krishnalal (1911-1960)
entry |2 pages
Singh, Jawala (1859-1938)
entry |2 pages
Subba Row, Yellapragada (1895-1948)
entry |1 pages
Theosophical Society
entry |1 pages
United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind (1923)
entry |2 pages
Watumull Foundation
entry |3 pages
Women, Indian American
entry |2 pages
Yuba City, California
letter |2 pages
The Indonesian American Experience: History and Culture
letter |7 pages
The Japanese American Experience: History and Culture
letter |97 pages
Japanese Americans Alphabetical Entries
entry |3 pages
Acculturation and the Japanese American Community
entry |3 pages
Agriculture, Japanese Americans in
entry |3 pages
Anti-Japanese Movement
entry |2 pages
Arai, Clarence Takeya (1901-1964)
entry |2 pages
Asiatic Exclusion League
entry |2 pages
Buddhist Churches of America
entry |2 pages
Business and Entrepreneurship, Japanese American
entry |2 pages
Civil Liberties Act (1988)
entry |2 pages
Collins, Wayne M. (1918-1974)
entry |2 pages
Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians
entry |2 pages
Coram Nobis Cases (1943, 1944)
entry |2 pages
Day of Remembrance
entry |3 pages
Diaspora, Japanese
entry |2 pages
Draft Resistance, World War II
entry |2 pages
Education, Japanese American
entry |2 pages
Emigration Companies
entry |2 pages
Ex parte Endo (1944)
entry |2 pages
Executive Order 9066 (1942)
entry |5 pages
Exile and Incarceration: Japanese Americans in World War II
entry |2 pages
Family Life, Japanese American
entry |2 pages
442nd Regimental Combat Team
entry |2 pages
Furuya, Masajiro (1862-1938)
entry |2 pages
Gentlemen's Agreement (1907-1908)
entry |2 pages
Hawaii Seven
entry |2 pages
Hayakawa, S.I. (1906-1992)
entry |2 pages
Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee
entry |2 pages
Heco, Joseph (1837-1897)
entry |1 pages
Hirabayashi v. United States (1943)
entry |2 pages
Hood River Incident
entry |2 pages
Ichihashi, Yamato (1878-1963)
entry |2 pages
Ichioka, Yuji (1936-2002)
entry |2 pages
Inouye, Daniel K. (1924-)
entry |2 pages
Interracial Dating and Marriage, Japanese American
entry |2 pages
Inu (Informants)
entry |1 pages
Irwin, Robert Walker (1844-1925)
entry |2 pages
Issei
entry |2 pages
Japan Bashing
entry |2 pages
Japanese American Citizens League
entry |2 pages
Japanese American Evacuation Claims Act (1948)
entry |1 pages
Japanese American National Museum
entry |2 pages
Japanese Associations
entry |2 pages
Japanese Language Schools
entry |2 pages
Japanese-Mexican Labor Association
entry |2 pages
Japanese Peruvians
entry |2 pages
Kibei
entry |2 pages
Kitano, Harry H.L. (1926-2002)
entry |2 pages
Koda, Keisaburo (1882-1964)
entry |2 pages
Korematsu v. United States (1944)
entry |2 pages
Labor and Employment, Japanese American
entry |3 pages
Literature, Japanese American
entry |2 pages
Little Tokyo
entry |2 pages
Manzanar Incident
entry |3 pages
Martial Arts, Japanese
entry |2 pages
Masaoka, Mike Masaru (1915-1991)
entry |2 pages
Matsunaga, Spark (1916-1990)
entry |1 pages
McClatchy, V.S. (1857-1938)
entry |2 pages
Midori (1971-)
entry |1 pages
Mineta, Norman (1931-)
entry |2 pages
Mink, Patsy Takemoto (1927-2002)
entry |2 pages
Myer, Dillon S. (1891-1982)
entry |2 pages
National Japanese American Student Relocation Council
entry |2 pages
Native Sons of the Golden West
entry |2 pages
Nisei
entry |2 pages
Noguchi, Isamu (1904-1988)
entry |2 pages
Okubo, Miné (1912-2001)
entry |2 pages
Omura, James Matsumoto (1912-1994)
entry |2 pages
Ozawa, Seiji (1935-)
entry |2 pages
Picture Brides
entry |3 pages
Press, Japanese American
entry |2 pages
Redress Movement
entry |3 pages
Religion, Japanese American
entry |2 pages
Resettlement, Post–World War II Incarceration
entry |2 pages
Restaurants and Cuisine, Japanese American
entry |2 pages
Satow, Masao (1908-1977)
entry |2 pages
“Schoolboy”/“Schoolgirl”
entry |1 pages
Seabrook Farms
entry |2 pages
Settlements, Japanese American
entry |2 pages
Shikata Ga Nai
entry |2 pages
Shima, George (1864-1926)
entry |2 pages
Slocum, Tokutaro “Tokie” (1895-1974)
entry |2 pages
Takao Ozawa v. United States (1922)
entry |2 pages
Tokyo Rose (Ikuko “Iva” Toguri) (1916-2006)
entry |1 pages
Tolan Committee
entry |2 pages
Uchida, Yoshiko (1921-1992)
entry |2 pages
Uno, Edison Tomimaro (1929-1976)
entry |2 pages
War Relocation Authority
entry |2 pages
Weglyn, Michi Nishiura (1926-1999)
entry |1 pages
Yamaguchi, Kristi (1971-)
entry |2 pages
Yasui v. United States (1943)
letter |5 pages
The Korean American Experience: History and Culture
letter |22 pages
Korean Americans Alphabetical Entries
entry |1 pages
Association of Korean Political Studies
entry |4 pages
Business and Entrepreneurship, Korean American
entry |1 pages
Chang, Sarah (1980-)
entry |1 pages
Cho, Margaret (1968-)
entry |3 pages
Community Organizations, Korean American
entry |2 pages
Koreagate
entry |2 pages
Korean American Coalition
entry |1 pages
Korean National Association
entry |3 pages
Koreatown (Los Angeles)
entry |1 pages
Lee, Sammy (1920-)
entry |3 pages
Literature, Korean American
entry |2 pages
Los Angeles Riots
entry |2 pages
Moon, Sun Myung (1920-)
entry |2 pages
Paik, Nam June (1932-2006)
entry |3 pages
Religion, Korean American
entry |2 pages
Students, Korean American
entry |2 pages
Treaty of Amity and Commerce (1882)
entry |2 pages
War Brides, Korean
entry |2 pages
Women, Korean American
letter |5 pages
The Laotian and Hmong American Experience: History and Culture
letter |9 pages
Laotian and Hmong Americans Alphabetical Entries
entry |3 pages
Community Organizations, Hmong American
entry |2 pages
Political and Social Empowerment, Hmong American
entry |3 pages
Religion, Hmong American
entry |2 pages
Religion, Laotian American
entry |3 pages
Women, Hmong American
letter |2 pages
The Malaysian American Experience: History and Culture
letter |2 pages
The Mongolian American Experience: History and Culture
letter |1 pages
Myanmar Americans See The Burmese American Experience
letter |2 pages
The Nepalese American Experience: History and Culture
letter |3 pages
The Pacific Islander American Experience: History and Culture
letter |7 pages
Pacific Islander Americans Alphabetical Entries
entry |2 pages
Chamorros
entry |2 pages
Hapa
entry |3 pages
Hawaiians
entry |2 pages
Samoan Americans
entry |2 pages
Tongans
letter |2 pages
The Pakistani American Experience: History and Culture
letter |2 pages
Pakistani Americans Alphabetical Entries
entry |2 pages
Pakistan League of America
entry |1 pages
Religion, Pakistani American
letter |2 pages
The Singaporean American Experience: History and Culture
letter |2 pages
The Sri Lankan American Experience: History and Culture
letter |3 pages
The Taiwanese American Experience: History and Culture
letter |16 pages
Taiwanese Americans Alphabetical Entries
entry |2 pages
Business and Entrepreneurship, Taiwanese American
entry |2 pages
Coordination Council for North American Affairs
entry |2 pages
Demographics, Taiwanese American
entry |1 pages
Ho, David (1952-)
entry |2 pages
Hsi Lai Temple
entry |2 pages
Lee, Ang (1954-)
entry |1 pages
Lee, Yuan-Tseh (1936-)
entry |2 pages
Lee (Wen Ho) Case
entry |1 pages
Parachute Kids
entry |4 pages
Political Empowerment, Taiwanese American
entry |2 pages
Students, Taiwanese American
entry |2 pages
Taiwan Independence Movement
entry |2 pages
Yang, Jerry (1968-)
letter |8 pages
The Thai American Experience: History and Culture
letter |2 pages
Thai Americans Alphabetical Entries
entry |1 pages
Bunker, Chang and Eng (1811-1874)
entry |2 pages
Woods, Tiger (1975-)
letter |2 pages
The Tibetan American Experience: History and Culture
letter |6 pages
The Vietnamese American Experience: History and Culture
letter |13 pages
Vietnamese Americans Alphabetical Entries
entry |2 pages
“Boat People”
entry |2 pages
Bui, Tony (1973-)
entry |2 pages
Business and Entrepreneurship, Vietnamese American
entry |2 pages
Lam, Tony (1937-)
entry |3 pages
Literature, Vietnamese American
entry |2 pages
Little Saigon (Orange County, California)
entry |3 pages
Politics and Political Empowerment, Vietnamese American
entry |2 pages
Refugee Act (1980)
entry |2 pages
Religion, Vietnamese American
entry |2 pages
Women, Vietnamese American