{"product_id":"asian-american-dreams-the-emergence-of-an-american-people-paperback","title":"Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHelen Zia\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe fascinating story of the rise of Asian Americans as a politically and socially influential racial group\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis groundbreaking book is about the transformation of Asian Americans from a few small, disconnected, and largely invisible ethnic groups into a self-identified racial group that is influencing every aspect of American society. It explores the junctures that shocked Asian Americans into motion and shaped a new consciousness, including the murder of Vincent Chin, a Chinese American, by two white autoworkers who believed he was Japanese; the apartheid-like working conditions of Filipinos in the Alaska canneries; the boycott of Korean American greengrocers in Brooklyn; the Los Angeles riots; and the casting of non-Asians in the Broadway musical Miss Saigon. The book also examines the rampant stereotypes of Asian Americans. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHelen Zia, the daughter of Chinese immigrants, was born in the 1950s when there were only 150,000 Chinese Americans in the entire country, and she writes as a personal witness to the dramatic changes involving Asian Americans. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten for both Asian Americans--the fastest-growing population in the United States--and non-Asians, \u003ci\u003eAsian American Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e argues that America can no longer afford to ignore these emergent, vital, and singular American people.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelen Zia\u003c\/b\u003e, a graduate of Princeton University's first co-educational class, is an award-winning journalist who has covered Asian American communities and political movements for twenty years. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 15, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762266177824,"sku":"9780374527365","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/72361f572236460dc77af853662a9717.webp?v=1780218643","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/asian-american-dreams-the-emergence-of-an-american-people-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}