Ethnic Studies 101 - The Immigrant Experience in the United States
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Students will find print and electronic resources for research on Asian American Studies. Information contained in this resource are the recommended sources for students to conduct research.
- Class: ETHS 101 The Immigrant Experience in the United States
- Instructor: Ayanna Yonemura
Keywords
Immigration, emigration
Reference Sources - Print
These resources are available in the Luria Library Reference section.
- The historical and cultural atlas of African Americans R 301.45196 A798h
- Enyclopedia of diasporas : immigrant and refugee cultures around the world R 304.8 E53e
- Encyclopedia of North American immigration 304.8 P884e
- Immigration in America today : an encyclopedia 304.873 L886i
- Encyclopedia of immigration and migration in the American West R 304.878 B168e
- Growing up in America : an atlas of youth in the USA R 305.23 S215g
- Encyclopedia of women in the American West R 305.420978 B168e
- Racial and ethnic relations in America R 305.8 B218r
- The color of words : an encyclopaedic dictionary of ethnic bias in the United States R 305.8 H538c
- Ethnic relations : a cross-cultural encyclopedia R 305.8 L657e
- American immigrant cultures : builders of a nation R 305.8 L657e
- Ethnic relations : a cross-cultural encyclopedia R 305.8 L657e
NEW*Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity and Society R 305.8 S294e
- Completely queer : the Gay and Lesbian encyclopedia R 305.90664 H714c
- Gay histories and cultures : an encyclopedia 306.76 H145g
- Lesbian histories and cultures : an encyclopedia R 306.76 Z73l
- We the People R 317.3 A427w found in the atlas stand
- Atlas of American diversity R 305.8 S556a
- Encyclopedia of racism in the United States R 305.800973 M663e
- Gale encyclopedia of multicultural America R 317.3 V413g 2000
- Facts about American immigration R 325.73 B885f
- The atlas of American migration R 325.73 F584a
- The Mexican American experience : an encyclopedia R 973.04 M511m
- Encyclopedia Latina : history, culture, and society in the United States R 973.0468 S798e
- Asian American chronology R 973.0495 B265a
- Dictionary of Asian American history R 973.0495 K49d
- The Asian American Encyclopedia R 973.0495 N278a
- Encyclopedia of African-American heritage R 973.0496 A468e 2000
- Encyclopedia of the great Black migration R 973.0496 R347e
Reference Sources - Electronic
These resources are available online and may require your Pipeline account information.
Books
Search the library catalog for your topic
Articles
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Internet
The internet sites included here have been reviewed by the librarians and/or your instructor.
- Advancing Equality: The Asian American Justice Center
- Angel Island Immigration Information
- Angel Island State Park, links to Pacific Rim immigration information
- Armenians
- Arts of the Islam World
- Asian American Institute, Chicago
- Asian Pacific American 2008 Voter Exit Poll Tables
- "asylum" a definetion
- Athlete's Nationality, Race and Stereotypes
- Becoming American, from PBS
- Bill Moyers Journal
- California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives, also known as CEMA
- Census, 2010 Form
- Center for Immigration Studies A "non-partisan, non-profit research organization ... devoted exclusively to research and policy analysis of the economic, social, demographic, fiscal, and other impacts of immigration on the United States."
- Children, Immigrants Detained
- Chinese Historical Society of Southern California
- CIA World Factbook
- Culture of Poverty
- Facts on the Asian Population
- Facts on the Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Population
- Father, son search for paradise, via Iraq and Los Angeles
- Finding Her Fight: Galena Segal worked in a hotel after arriving in the US. She stood up for herself when the workers were forced to work unpaid overtime.
- Hispanic Heritage Teaching Materials
- Human Rights Watch
- Immigration to the United States, documents from Harvard University
- Latino Immigrants and Civil Rights
- Legislation and laws
- Do Long Island Police Ignore Hate Crimes?
- Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara
- Jim Crow Outside of the South
- Immigrants in US Prisons
- Latinos, Where They Live: An Interactive Map
- LOS ANGELES COUNTY’S ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER VOTE, 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION Voter Survey
- National Archives – search for primary documents
- Immigration Data
- Immigration debate: about potential reforms to U.S. immigration policy, this collection features questions and answers about immigration debates
- Lists of movies with samples of ethnic representation
- New York: A documentary film from PBS
- Poverty Thresholds
- Puerto Ricans in America
- Public Agenda Issue Guides: Immigration -- Public opinion and arguments for and against different aspects of U.S. immigration policy. Features public views about immigration (from opinion polls), discussion guides with discussions of three perspectives
- Public Policy Institute Publications on Immigration
- Public Policy Institute Publication on Illegal Immigration
- Pueblo, USA: How Latino Immigration is Changing America
- US-Mexican border crossing deaths
- Veterans History Project
- Public Policy Institute
- UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge
- Punjabi-Mexican families in California
- Poverty thresholds
- Santa Barbara County
- Santa Barbara City
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Whose Vote Counts? Voting flaws and discrimination in the 2000 presidential election discussed
- World Values Survey
- Mexican Americans, 2007
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