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During the Second World War, Chinese Americans contributed to the war effort by joining the armed forces and working in the defense industries. This title traces the history of the 14th Air Service Group, a segregated outfit of Chinese Americans sent to China in support of the American Army Air Corps and the Chinese Air Force.

Focused on the region as a whole and drawing from archives in Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados, Guyana, St. Kitts, Antigua, the U.S. and U.K., this book details the region's impact on the U.S. (particularly on Jim Crow), as it charts the British Empire's retreat in the face of a challenge from Washington.

Fifteen stories told by young Vietnamese who came to the US after the fall of Saigon and during the "boat people" exodus are contextualized within a history of Vietnam and the international politics of refugee resettlement. This work also presents the history of Vietnam.

On April 20, 1999, two Colorado teenagers went on a shooting rampage at Columbine High School. That day, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 12 fellow students and a teacher, as well as wounding 24 other people, before they killed themselves. This book examines the complex of factors that led the two young men to plan and carry out their deed.

Taken together, the essays in The Spike Lee Reader will spark dialogue and encourage a continuing consideration of the depth and complexity of Spike Lee's career.

The struggle to save the International Hotel and prevent the eviction of its elderly residents became a focal point in the creation of the contemporary Asian American movement, especially among Filipinos. The author, a student activist during the anti-eviction protests, relates this history.

Takes you on an ethnographic journey into the New York salsa scene of the 1990s. Written by a musical insider and from the perspective of salsa musicians, this study offers detailed accounts of these musicians grappling with intercultural tensions and commercial pressures. It addresses a range of issues, musical and social.

Focusing on San Diego in the post-Civil Rights era, this book examines the ways Asian Americans drew together despite many differences within the group to construct a community that supports a variety of social, economic, political, and cultural organizations.

In recent years, world events have trained a harsh spotlight on the Muslim religion and its adherents. The misunderstanding and bias against Muslims in the United States not only persists but has deepened. This title offers a study of an immigrant community in Chicago. It considers the formation and meaning of an "American Islam."

Critics shudder at the mindless sameness of standards, while supporters dream of a world in which standardized "best practices" open up a world of efficient health care delivery. This title takes up this debate to investigate the real meaning of standardization and how it affects patients, doctors, and the institution of medicine.

A text on the nature of medical error. Covering a wider range of error than the terms 'malpractice', 'incompetence', or 'negligence' denote, it takes an existential view of medical work in which things go wrong as a matter of course, and probes what the author called the 'complex sorrow' that can result when things do go wrong.

Telling the story of the drive to create consumer capitalism abroad through political pressure, this book explains that the primary goal of the foreign and economic policies of the United States is a world which reflects their way of doing business. It shows how this drive for global hegemony is now backfiring.

Examines the ways in which the colonial history of the Philippines shaped Filipino American identity, culture, and community formation. This book shows how an understanding of this history provides a foundation for theoretical frameworks for Filipino American studies.

Employs contemporary and traditional readings of representative works of prose, poetry, and drama to establish the ongoing significance of these works to the American literary canon.

Examines the forms of racism in American life and the political responses to them. Using the experiences of African American men and women, this book covers a range of issues that connect questions of race to American identity. It investigates how nationalism has operated and reemerged in the wake of globalization.

Drawing on the cosmopolitan sensibility of scholars like Anthony Appiah, Vinay Dharwadker, Martha Nussbaum, Bruce Robbins, and Amartya Sen, this book argues that to read the body of South Asian American literature justly, one must engage with the urgencies of places as diverse as Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Burma, Pakistan, and Trinidad.

Shows why Paul Longmore is one of the most respected figures in disability studies. Understanding disability as a major variety of human experience, he urges us to establish it as a category of social, political, and historical analysis in much the same way that race, gender, and class already have been.

Shows how our system is not meeting the needs of America's families and describes a vision for redesigning this system to promote healthy child and youth development. The author guides the reader through the problems that face the child care system and outlines the possible solutions.

Looks into the many ways in which popular music and artists around the world are subjected to censorship.

Sees pop music journalism as a form of cultural criticism.

A collection of essays that asks readers to reconsider who represents Asian America and what constitutes its history. Defining the early period as spanning the nineteenth century and the 1960s, it speaks to the difficulty of recovering a past that was largely unrecorded as well as understanding the varied experiences of peoples of Asian descent.

Surveys the contours of Asian America.

New York City, long the destination for immigrants and migrants, today is home to the largest Indian American population in the United States. This work explores the world of second-generation Indian American youth to learn how they manage the contradictions of gender roles and sexuality, and how they handle their "model minority" status.

Tracing the history of New York transit workers from the Depression to the 1966 transit strike, this work shows how, through collective action, the men and women who operated the world's largest transit system brought about a revolution in their daily lives. It is for those interested in New York City's subways, politics, history, and labor.

Grapples with the ways that rock shapes - limits and expands - our notions of who we can be in the world. Going to the heart of this relationship between the music's role in its performers' and fans' self-construction, this title probes questions of gender and appropriation.

A collection of essays that focuses on the construction of identity among people of Asian descent who claim multiple heritages. It focuses on non-white multiracial identities to decenter whiteness and reflect the experience of individuals or communities who are considered a minority within a minority.

Represents the broad spectrum of ethnicities that make up Asian America. This anthology shows the contradictions, influences, imagination, and humanity expressed through the vastly varied creative projects of Americans with Asian roots.

Focuses on the experience of those Chinese who immigrated to this country with false documents during the Exclusion era. This memoir discusses about the many Chinese who worked in urban laundries and restaurants. It introduces an unusually articulate man's perspective on becoming a Chinese American.

Shows how Filipino Americans counter exclusion by actively engaging in alternative practices of community building. This book presents an ethnographic study of Filipino American communities in Los Angeles and San Diego that presents a multi-disciplinary cultural analysis of the relationship between ethnic identity and social space.