Asian American Studies Resources
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About this Resource
Students will find print and electronic resources on topics regarding Asian American Studies
Print Reference Sources
These resources are available in the Luria Library Reference section.
- Racial and Ethnic Relations in America R 305.8 B218rR
- The Color of Words an Encyclopedic Dictionary of Ethnic Bias in the US R 305.8 H538c
- Ethnic relations : a cross-cultural encyclopedia R 305.8 L657e
- Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity and Society R 305.8 S294e
- Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America R 317.3 V413
- Dictionary of American History R 973.03 A194d
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- Calisphere with text and images from California history and culture
- Library of Congress American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. It is a digital record of American history and creativity. These materials, from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America, serving the public as a resource for education and lifelong learning.
Internet
The internet sites included here have been reviewed by the librarians and/or your professors.
- All Persons Born or Naturalized ...The Legacy of US v Wong Kim Ark
- Angel Island Immigration Information
- Angel Island State Park, Immigration Station
- Asian American Legal Center of Southern California
- Asian American Heritage Month Online Exhibits and Collections from the Smithsonian
- Asian American Studies Resource Guide from USC
- Asian Pacific American Heritage Teaching Resources
- Asian Reflections on the American Landscape
- Chinese Historical Society of Southern California
- Becoming American, from PBS
- California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives, also known as CEMA
- CIA World Factbook
- Days of Infamy: December 7 and 9/11
- History of Chinese Americans in California, from the National Park Service Five Views: An Ethnic Historic Site Survey for California
- History of Japanese Americans in California, from the National Park Service Five Views: An Ethnic Historic Site Survey for California
- [http://www.hmongnet.org/ Hmong Heritage:
- Japanese American Archive
- Japanese American National Museum's Collections Online featuring selected highlights from our permanent collection of over 60,000 unique artifacts, documents, and photographs
- Interview with author Laurence Yep, and a bibliography of his work
- Laurence Yep biography and list of works
- Manzanar: Fishing provided escape
- National Archives primary documents
- Population present statistics on the Asian-American population and Pacific Islander-American population in the United States
- Gay Asian Pacific Support Network
- National Archives – search for primary documents
- The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow: a PBS series
- Three Year Old Bigots and "The Hidden Brain"
- UCSB Asian Studies links
- Veterans History Project
- "Asian Americans"
- Asian American Institute, Chicago
- [http://www.aalead.org/about.html Asian American LEAD, Washington, D.C. and
Maryland]
- Asian Americans in Prime Time: a report on opportunities for Asian Americans in film and television
- LGBT Rights, ACLU
- Advancing Justice ConferenceAsian Americans and Pacific Islanders Building New Foundations for Civil Rights
- Angel Island Immigration Information
- Angel Island State Park, links to Pacific Rim immigration information
- Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California
- 2008 Voter Exit Poll Tables
- Asian American Political Engagement
- Asian American Studies Resource Guide from USC
- Asian Reflections on the American Landscape
- Becoming American, from PBS
- Black Panthers
- Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
- California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives, also known as CEMA
- Census, 2010 Form
- Chinese Historical Society of Southern California
- CIA World Factbook
- Conscientious Objector
- Department of Justice
- Civil Liberties
- Civil Rights
- Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Dissecting the 2008 Electorate: Most Diverse in U.S. History
- Documenting the Southeast Asian Experienc
- Facts on the Asian Population
- Facts on the Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Population
- Gay Former Army Officer, Dan Choi
- Hate Crime Laws
- Hawaii: Diversity and Racism
- Ho Chi Minh
- human rights, a definition
- Human Rights Watch
- Human Rights in the US
- Immigrants in US Prisons
- Japanese American Archive
- President Johnson & The Great Society (Workstudy, Immigration Reform, the War on Poverty
- President Johnson, Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action, See "CONTRACTORS' AGREEMENTS"
- Iraq war objector, Ehren Watada
- National Archives primary documents
- Population present statistics on the Asian-American population and Pacific Islander-American population in the United States
- Gay Asian Pacific Support Network
- Hawaii: Diversity and Racsim
- Jerry Kang, Professor of Law, Research
- Let California Ring
- LOS ANGELES COUNTY’S ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER VOTE, 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION Voter Survey
- Manilatown/"I" Hotel
- Malcom X
- Mao Zedong
- Marcos, Ferdinand
- martial law, a definetion
- Model Minority Myth
- National Archives – search for primary documents
- NPR special on gay marriage
- The Ozone: Academic, culture and politics... blog by Oliver Wang
- Representative Ahn "Joseph" Cao
- Senator Leland Yee, Ph.D.
- Poverty Thresholds
- UCSB Asian Studies links
- Veterans History Project
- Voting Rights Act of 1965
- UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge
- Poverty in Maryland
- Poverty thresholds
- Peace Core, est. 1960
- Soul Sides: an audio blog
- Suburban Minority Enrollment
- Under Siege
- UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge
- Unexpected Honeymoon
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Vietnam War
- Whose Vote Counts? Voting flaws and discrimination in the 2000 presidential election discussed
- World Values Survey
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