Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People (edition 2001)

by Helen Zia

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Title:	Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People
Authors:	Helen Zia
Info:	Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2001), Edition: 1st, Paperback, 368 pages
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Helen Zia highlights the decades of discrimination Asian Americans have undergone, with personal anecdotes at the beginning of each chapter. Highly informative, although I would have liked Zia to include more Asian American voices in place of nitty-gritty historical details.

ftong | Apr 8, 2012 |

Really good book. History of Asians in America - lots of stuff we never learned in school! I really learned alot from this book and will definatley keep it and recommend it. (

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Kiriyama Prize Finalist (Nonfiction, 2000)

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For My Parents,
Beilin Woo Zia and Yee Chen Zia

And for the next generation:
Henry Dewey, Jr., Jennifer Camille,Frank Alexander, ... , Nicholas Akai, and Peter Wen

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This groundbreaking book traces the transformation of Asian Americans from a few small, disconnected, and largely invisible ethnic groups into a self-identified racial group that is influencing every aspect of American society. It explores the events that shocked Asian Americans into motion and shaped a new consciousness. Helen Zia, the daughter of Chinese immigrants, writes as a personal witness to the dramatic changes involving Asian Americans.

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"... about the transformation of Asian Americans ... into a self-identified racial group that is influencing every aspect of American society."--Dust jacket.

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