| Asian American Children: A Historical Handbook and Guide Contributor(s): Tong, Benson (Author) |
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ISBN: 0313330425 ISBN-13: 9780313330421 Publisher: Greenwood OUR PRICE: $73.26 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2004 Annotation: The presence of Asian immigrants and citizens has a long history in the United States. Asian American Children: A Historical Handbook and Guide provides insights into the diverse experience of these children and their families from their first appearance here to the present. Essays review topics such as identity, family structures, labor, gender, and class. Selected primary documents review topics such as racial quotas, biculturalism, and refugees. This is the first work to cover the historical and the contemporary experience of these children from a multiplicity of views, using essays and documents. Beginning c. 1850, this work relates the experiences and context in which diverse groups of Asian American children lived their lives. The voices of children, included in the primary documents, provide a vivid narrative of immigrant life over the past 150 years. While the lives of children were generally included in historical narratives of the country, a focus specifically on children allows the reader to more fullyunderstand the central place of family in the economic and social development of a nation. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - General - Family & Relationships - Social Science | Children's Studies |
| Dewey: 305.230 |
| LCCN: 2004043643 |
| Series: Children and Youth: History and Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 7.38" W x 10.18" (1.68 lbs) 268 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The presence of Asian immigrants and citizens has a long history in the United States. Asian American Children: A Historical Handbook and Guide provides insights into the diverse experience of these children and their families from their first appearance here to the present. Essays review topics such as identity, family structures, labor, gender, and class. Selected primary documents review topics such as racial quotas, biculturalism, and refugees. This is the first work to cover the historical and the contemporary experience of these children from a multiplicity of views, using essays and documents. Beginning c. 1850, this work relates the experiences and context in which diverse groups of Asian American children lived their lives. The voices of children, included in the primary documents, provide a vivid narrative of immigrant life over the past 150 years. While the lives of children were generally included in historical narratives of the country, a focus specifically on children allows the reader to more fully understand the central place of family in the economic and social development of a nation. |