Asian Americans Emerging Minorities

by Kitano, Harry H.L.; Daniels, Roger

• ISBN13: 9780137904860
• ISBN10: 013790486X
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-12-05
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

This book provides concise coverage of the major Asian American groups from both an historical and socio-cultural perspective.Coverage of each major groupChinese, Japanese, Filipinos, Asian Indians, Koreans, Pacific Islanders, and newer Asian American groupsespecially those from Southeast Asia and South Asiaprovides readers with a balanced overview of all cultures within US Asian society. Content reflects developments of the late 1990s and includes updated demographic information.For research in sociology, history, and ethnic studies professions.

Table of Contents

Preface	viii
Introduction	1	(10)
The Immigrant Image	2	(2)
Who Is an American?	4	(1)
Who Wants to be an American?	5	(1)
Models of Immigrant Groups	6	(3)
Purposes of This Book	9	(1)
Notes	10	(1)
Immigration Laws and Their Effects	11	(10)
Before 1924	12	(2)
The 1930s	14	(1)
The 1940s	15	(1)
1950-1965	16	(1)
The 1965 Immigration Act	17	(1)
The Turn Against Immigration	18	(1)
Notes	19	(2)
The Chinese: The Early Years	21	(17)
The Sojourner Pattern	21	(1)
The Chinese Diaspora	22	(1)
Anti-Chinese Sentiment	23	(2)
Chinese Exclusion	25	(1)
The Structure of Chinese American Society	25	(2)
Chinese American Institutions	27	(3)
Urban Chinese America	30	(2)
Outwitting The Immigration Laws	32	(3)
Summary	35	(1)
Notes	35	(3)
The Chinese: After 1943	38	(19)
Changes in Image	39	(1)
Demographic Changes	40	(3)
The Cold War	43	(8)
The ``Model Minority''	51	(4)
Notes	55	(2)
The Japanese: The Early Years	57	(15)
Background	57	(1)
The Structure of Japanese American Society	58	(2)
The Anti-Japanese Movement	60	(1)
Japanese Immigrant Organizations	61	(2)
Japanese American Enterprises	63	(1)
The Prewar Japanese American Community	64	(1)
Exile and Incarceration	65	(2)
The Struggle for Redress	67	(3)
Notes	70	(2)
Japanese Americans: After 1946	72	(16)
U.S.-Japanese Relations	73	(1)
The Issei	73	(3)
The Nisei	76	(3)
The Sansei	79	(4)
Recent Events	83	(1)
The Passage of Redress	83	(1)
The Kitano-Maki Proper Alignment Model	83	(2)
Scientific Racism	85	(1)
Summary	86	(1)
Notes	87	(1)
The Filipinos	88	(15)
Background	88	(2)
The Pensionados	90	(1)
The Second Wave	91	(4)
The Third Wave	95	(3)
Medical Professionals	98	(2)
Effects on the Philippines	100	(1)
Political Progress	100	(1)
The Future of Filipino Americans	101	(1)
Notes	101	(2)
South Asians: Asian Indians, Pakistanis, and Bangladeshis	103	(17)
Background	103	(1)
On the West Coast	104	(1)
Mangoo Ram (1886-1980)	105	(1)
The Gadar Movement	106	(1)
The Struggle for Citizenship	107	(2)
In the East and the Midwest	109	(1)
The 1946 Act	110	(2)
The Structure of the Asian Indian Community	112	(3)
The Birth of Pakistan and Bangladesh	115	(1)
Pakistanis and Bangladeshis in America	116	(1)
The Future	116	(2)
Notes	118	(2)
The Koreans	120	(19)
Background	120	(1)
Korean Immigration	121	(6)
Occupational Adjustment	127	(2)
Los Angeles Riot of 1992	129	(1)
The Christian Churches	129	(2)
Family and Kinship Ties	131	(1)
Geographic Adaptation	132	(2)
Current Issues	134	(1)
Summary	135	(1)
Notes	136	(3)
The Pacific Islanders	139	(15)
Samoans	140	(4)
Guamanians	144	(2)
Hawaiians	146	(5)
Common Problems	151	(1)
Notes	152	(2)
The Southeast Asians	154	(27)
Who is a Refugee?	155	(1)
U.S. Policy Toward Refugees	156	(1)
The Two Waves of Southeast Asian Refugees	157	(1)
The Vietnamese	158	(5)
Laotians: Hmong and Lao	163	(3)
Cambodians (Kampucheans)	166	(3)
Adaptation	169	(8)
Summary	177	(1)
Notes	178	(3)
The Present Status of Asian Americans	181	(23)
Census Data	181	(2)
Higher Education	183	(3)
Family	186	(2)
Occupation and Employment	188	(1)
Unemployment	189	(1)
Income and Poverty	190	(1)
Corporate Representation	191	(1)
Politics	192	(1)
Naturalization	193	(1)
Social Problems	193	(3)
Mass Media	196	(1)
Marital Assimilation	197	(2)
1997 Census	199	(2)
Summary	201	(1)
Notes	202	(2)
Adaptation of Asian Americans	204	(13)
Models of Adaptation	204	(2)
Prejudice and Discrimination	206	(5)
Civic Assimilation	211	(1)
The Asian American Model	212	(3)
Notes	215	(2)
Appendix: Census Bureau Information on the Web	217	(8)
Suggestions for Further Reading	225	(5)
Index	230

Excerpts

PrefaceThis third edition came about because of both the continuing immigration of relatively large numbers of Asians and because of the growing consciousness of many Americans about the increasingly multicultural nature of American society and the increasing self-consciousness and assertiveness of Asian Americans and other long-ignored American ethnic group members.We have again added new material to reflect developments in the last years of the millennium, updated the bibliographies, provided new demographic and economic data, and incorporated suggestions and corrections offered by some readers. We welcome such input. H. H. L. K. R. D.