Distinguished Asian Americans
Subtitle: A Biographical Dictionary
Contributors: Dorothy Cordova (Adapter); Stephen S. Fugita (Adapter); Franklin Ng (Adapter); Jane Singh (Adapter); Hyung-chan Kim (Editor)
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: December 30, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780313289026
Subjects: Bibliographies, catalogues, discographies; Dictionaries of biography (Who's Who); Ethnic studies; Biography & Autobiography; Sociology; Biography/Autobiography; USA; Ethnic Cultures - General; Minority Studies - Ethnic American; Reference; United States - 20th Century; History / United States / 20th Century; Asian Americans; Biography; Dictionaries
First sentence: Kyutaro Abiko, leader of the Japanese Community of San Francisco, was a newspaper publisher, farm colony pioneer, and head of the Japanese American Business Promotion Company (Nichibei Kangyosha).
Description: "This reference work celebrates the contributions of 166 distinguished Asian Americans. Most people profiled are not featured in any other biographical dictionary on noted Asian Americans. The Chinese Americans, Japanese Americans, Filipino Americans, Korean Americans, South Asian Americans (from India and Pakistan), and Southeast Asian Americans (from Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam) profiled in this work represent more than 75 fields of endeavor.

From historical figures to figure skater Michelle Kwan, this work features both prominent and less familiar individuals who have made significant contributions in their fields. A number of the contemporary subjects have given exclusive interviews for this work."--BOOK JACKET.