Asian America
Subtitle: forming new communities, expanding boundaries
By: edited by Huping Ling.
Contributors: Ling, Huping, 1956-
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New Brunswick, NJ
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780813544861; 9780813544878
Subjects: Asian Americans -- United States -- History; Asian Americans -- United States -- Social conditions; Asian Americans -- Cultural assimilation -- United States; Asian Americans -- United States -- Societies, etc; Ethnic neighborhoods -- United States -- History; Community life -- United States -- History; United States -- Ethnic relations; United States -- Social conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Intra-group diversity : Asian American population dynamics and challenges of the 21st century / Min Zhou; title: Ethnic solidarity, networks rebound and transnational culture : post-1965 Chinese American family / Haiming Liu; title: Beyond a common ethnicity and culture : conflict and compromises in Chicagoland's Chinese American communities since 1945 / Ling Z. Arenson; title: Transforming an ethnic community : Little Saigon, Orange County / Linda Trinh Vo; title: Building a community center : Filipinas/os in San Francisco's Excelsior neighborhood / Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales; title: Cultural community : a new model for Asian American community / Huping Ling; title: Chinese week : building Chinese American community through festivity in metropolitan Phoenix / Wei Zeng and Wei Li; title: Virtual community, transnational connection, and the changing cultural imaginary of Chinese Americans / Yuan Shu; title: Ethnic solidarity in a divided community : a study on bridging organizations in Koreatown / Angie Y. Chung; title: The social construction of Chinese in Canada / Peter S. Li; title: Recent mainland Chinese immigrants in Canada : trends and obstacles / Li Zong.