Asian America : forming new communities, expanding boundaries / edited by Huping Ling.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ling, Huping, 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asian Americans--History.

Asian Americans.

History.

Asian Americans--Social conditions.

Asian Americans--Cultural assimilation--United States.

Asian Americans--Societies, etc.

Ethnic neighborhoods--United States--History.

Ethnic neighborhoods.

Community life--United States--History.

Community life.

Asian Americans--Cultural assimilation.

United States--Ethnic relations.

United States.

Ethnic relations.

United States--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

ix, 291 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2009]

Contents:

Intra-group diversity : Asian American population dynamics and challenges of the twenty-first century / Min Zhou

Ethnic solidarity, rebounding networks, and transnational culture : post-1965 Chinese American family / Haiming Liu

Beyond a common ethnicity and culture : Chicagoland's Chinese American communities since 1945 / Ling Z. Arenson

Transforming an ethnic community : Little Saigon, Orange County / Linda Trinh Võ

Building a community center : Filipinas/os in San Francisco's Excelsior neighborhood / Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales

Cultural community : a new model for Asian American community / Huping Ling

Chinese week : building Chinese American community through festivity in metropolitan Phoenix / Wei Zeng and Wei Li

Virtual community and the cultural imaginary of Chinese Americans / Yuan Shu

Ethnic solidarity in a divided community : a study on bridging organizations in Koreatown / Angie Y. Chung

The social construction of Chinese in Canada / Peter S. Li

Recent mainland Chinese immigrants in Canada : trends and obstacles / Li Zong.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-284) and index.

ISBN:

9780813544861

0813544866

9780813544878

0813544874

OCLC:

234073701