| Description |
xi, 220 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Asian American history and culture |
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Asian American history and culture.
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| Contents |
Foreword / Vishakha N. Desai -- Ch. 1. Introduction: Asian American Formations in the Age of Globalization / Evelyn Hu-DeHart -- Ch. 2. Asians on the Rim: Transnational Capital and Local Community in the Making of Contemporary Asian America / Arif Dirlik -- Ch. 3. Chinese Americans in the Formation of the Pacific Regional Economy / Lucie Cheng -- Ch. 4. Asian American Economic Engagement: Vietnam Case Study / Le Anh Tu Packard -- Ch. 5. Asian American Activism and U.S. Foreign Policy / Paul Y. Watanabe -- Ch. 6. Exclusion and Inclusion: Immigration and American Orientalism / Neil Gotanda -- Ch. 7. Asian Americans at the Intersection of International and Domestic Tensions: An Analysis of Newspaper Coverage / Setsuko Matsunaga Nishi -- Ch. 8. Inventing the Earth: The Notion of "Home" in Asian American Literature / Luis H. Francia |
| Summary |
If Asian Americans are to assume the role of bridge builders across the Pacific, what are the opportunities, the risks, the promises, and the perils? The answer to this question comes in eight essays in which contributors to Across the Pacific address issues of contemporary growth and diversification of Asian America in relation to the increasingly global economy. This book explores, in descriptive and critical ways, how transnational relationships and interactions in Asian American communities are manifested, exemplified, and articulated within the international context of the Pacific Rim |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Asian Americans -- Economic conditions.
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Asian Americans -- Politics and government.
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Competition, International.
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| SUBJECT |
Asia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008606 -- Emigration and immigration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005907 -- History -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006165
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Asia -- Foreign relations -- United States.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114275
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Pacific Area http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096445 -- Emigration and immigration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005907 -- History -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006165
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United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100070
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Asia.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100427
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| Author |
Hu-DeHart, Evelyn.
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| LC no. |
98053900 |
| ISBN |
1566397103 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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