Asian American dreams : the emergence of an American people /
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| Author / Creator: | Zia, Helen. |
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000. |
| Description: | x, 356 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4219412 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- I. Beyond Our Shadows
- 1. From Nothing, a Consciousness
- 2. Surrogate Slaves to American Dreamers
- II. The Awakening
- 3. Detroit Blues: "Because of You Motherfuckers"
- 4. To Market, to Market, New York Style
- 5. Gangsters, Gooks, Geishas, and Geeks
- III. Up From Innocence
- 6. Welcome to Washington
- 7. Lost and Found in L.A.
- 8. For Richer, for Poorer
- IV. Moving the Mountain
- 9. Out on the Front Lines
- 10. Reinventing Our Culture
- 11. The Last Bastion
- 12. Living Our Dreams
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index
