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  • The Third Asiatic Invasion

    Empire and Migration in Filipino America, 1898-1946

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    Series Libro 5 - Nation of Nations
    Winner of the 2012-2013 Asian/Pacific American Librarian's Association Book AwardWinner of the 2013 American Sociological Association's Asia and Asian America Section Distinguished Book AwardThe first half of the twentieth century witnessed a wave of Filipino immigration to the United States, following in the footsteps of earlier Chinese and Japanese immigrants, the first and second “Asiatic ... Leer más

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  • Korea: The Impossible Country

    South Korea's Amazing Rise from the Ashes: The Inside Story of an Economic, Political and Cultural Phenomenon

    de Daniel Tudor ...
    "Daniel Tudor covers all the important issues, yet does not simply tell the more familiar stories, but looks deeper and wider to give the full story of Korea today." —Martin Uden, Former British Ambassador to South KoreaIn just fifty years, South Korea has transformed itself from a failed state, ruined and partitioned by war and decades of colonial rule, into an economic powerhouse and a democracy ... Leer más

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  • Okinawa: The History of an Island People

    "The first full-length monograph on the history of the Ryukyu Islands in any Western language…a standard work."—Pacific AffairsOkinawa: The History of an Island People is the definitive book available in English on the history of Okinawa and the Ryukyu Islands, and an influential scholarly work in the field of Japanese studies. The histories of Japan, Okinawa and the entire Pacific region are ... Leer más

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  • America Is in the Heart

    A 1946 Filipino American social classic about the United States in the 1930s from the perspective of a Filipino migrant laborer who endures racial violence and struggles with the paradox of the American dream, with a foreword by novelist Elaine CastilloPoet, essayist, novelist, fiction writer and labor organizer, Carlos Bulosan (1911-1956) wrote one of the most influential working class literary ... Leer más

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  • Introduction to Japanese Culture

    Edición de Daniel Sosnoski ...
    Featuring full-color photographs and illustrations thoughout, this book presents a comprehensive guide to Japanese culture.The richness of Japan's history is renowned worldwide, and the cultural heritage that its society has produced and handed down to future generations is one of Japan's greatest accomplishments. Introduction to Japanese Culture presents an overview, through 68 original and ... Leer más

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  • This Generation

    Dispatches from China's Most Popular Literary Star (and Race Car Driver)

    de Han Han ...
    For those who follow Chinese affairs, Han Han is as controversial as they come—an irreverent singer, sports celebrity, and satirist whose brilliant blogs and books have made him a huge celebrity with more than half a billion readers. Now, with this collection of his essays, Americans can appreciate the range of this rising literary star and get a fascinating trip through Chinese culture.This ... Leer más

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  • Asian Aphrodisiacs

    From Bangkok to Beijing - The Search for the Ultimate Turn-on

    de Jerry Hopkins ...
    "Tiger penis soup? Rhino horn on the oyster half shell? Give me a break!" So says bestselling author Jerry Hopkins as he meets the people, visits the places, and "road tests" dozens of Asia's most popular aphrodisiacs in the first definitive survey of the region's best and worst "turn-on's."Expanding the usual definition to include lotions as well as potions, sex toys and aromatherapy, music and ... Leer más

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  • Techno-Orientalism

    Imagining Asia in Speculative Fiction, History, and Media

    Series series Asian American Studies Today
    What will the future look like? To judge from many speculative fiction films and books, from Blade Runner to Cloud Atlas, the future will be full of cities that resemble Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Shanghai, and it will be populated mainly by cold, unfeeling citizens who act like robots. Techno-Orientalism investigates the phenomenon of imagining Asia and Asians in hypo- or hyper-technological terms in ... Leer más

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  • The New CEOs

    Women, African American, Latino, and Asian American Leaders of Fortune 500 Companies

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  • Asians Wear Clothes on the Internet

    Race, Gender, and the Work of Personal Style Blogging

    In the first ever book devoted to a critical investigation of the personal style blogosphere, Minh-Ha T. Pham examines the phenomenal rise of elite Asian bloggers who have made a career of posting photographs of themselves wearing clothes on the Internet. Pham understands their online activities as “taste work” practices that generate myriad forms of capital for superbloggers and the brands they ... Leer más

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  • Giant Creatures in Our World

    Essays on Kaiju and American Popular Culture

    Dismissed as camp by critics but revered by fans, the kaiju or "strange creature" film has become an iconic element of both Japanese and American pop culture. From homage to parody to advertising, references to Godzilla--and to a lesser extent Gamera, Rodan, Ultraman and others--abound in entertainment media. Godzilla in particular is so ubiquitous, his name is synonymous with immensity and ... Leer más

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  • Afghanistan's Endless War

    State Failure, Regional Politics, and the Rise of the Taliban

    Going beyond the stereotypes of Kalashnikov-wielding Afghan mujahideen and black-turbaned Taliban fundamentalists, Larry Goodson explains in this concise analysis of the Afghan war what has really been happening in Afghanistan in the last twenty years.Beginning with the reasons behind Afghanistan’s inability to forge a strong state -- its myriad cleavages along ethnic, religious, social, and ... Leer más

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