Everything You Need to Know About Asian American History (RevisedEdition) - Softcover

Novas, Himilce; Cao, Lan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0452284759 ISBN 13: 9780452284753

Publisher: Plume, 2004

Synopsis

Utilizing a lively question-and-answer format, a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of Asian-American history documents the dramatic impact of Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Korean, Indian, and Pacific Island cultures on American society, culture, politics, history, religion, and more. Original.

About this title

About the Author:

Lan Caois the author of Monkey Bridge. She lives in southern California.

From Library Journal:

Authors Cao (international business law, Brooklyn Law Sch.) and Novas (Everything You Need To Know about Latino History, Dutton, 1994) use a question-and-answer format to provide information about most of the Asian and Pacific Islander groups in the United States. The authors include the history of immigration, cultural aspects (food, holidays, religions), racial/cultural problems experienced by the various groups, and short biographical sketches of prominent individuals. The format and compact size and price are attractive, but information on the Filipinos and the Pacific Islanders is incomplete, with serious omissions of people and events that fall within the time span covered in other chapters (for example, there is no mention of the 1994 election of a Filipino American as Hawaii's governor or biographies of prominent Pacific Islanders such as Greg Louganis). The Asian American Almanac (Gale, 1995), while more expensive, is a much better resource for public and school libraries.?Katharine L. Kan, Hawaii State Lib., Honolulu
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Plume
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0452284759
• ISBN 13: 9780452284753
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 432