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Asian Americans in Michigan : voices from the Midwest / edited by Sook Wilkinson and Victor Jew ; with a foreword by Frank H. Wu and an afterword by Bich Minh Nguyen.

Contributor(s): Series: Great Lakes booksPublisher: Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: xviii, 370 pages : illustrations, charts ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780814332818
  • 0814332811
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 305.895073 23
LOC classification:
  • F575.A75 A74 2015
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: I. Taking Soundings of Asian America in Michigan -- Introduction to Part I by Victor Jew -- 1. A Demographic Portrait of Asian Americans in Michigan / Kurt R. Metzger -- 2. Asian Americans and Michigan: A Long Transnational Legacy / Victor Jew -- 3. "Tell 'Em You're from Detroit": Chinese Americans in the Model City / Chelsea Zuzindlak -- 4. "Ambassadors" in the Heartland: Asian American Racial and Regional Identity Formations in Michigan / Barbara W. Kim -- 5. Genealogy of a Detroit Childhood / Min Hyoung Song -- II. Legacy Keeping and Memory Keepers -- Introduction to Part II by Victor Jew -- 6. The Making of an Asian American Detroiter / Grace Lee Boggs -- 7. Three Legacy Keepers: The Voices of Chinese, Korean, and Indo-American Michiganders / Kul B. Gauri -- 8. The History of Nikkei (Japanese) in Detroit / Toshiko Shimoura
9. From Hammered-Down Nail to Squeaky Cog: The Modern Japanese American Experience in Detroit / Asae Shichi -- 10. Bangladeshis in Hamtramck / Durriya Meer -- 11. A Brief History of Filipino Americans in Michigan / Joseph A. Galura -- III. Culture and Heritage -- Introduction to Part III by Sachi Koto -- 12. How to Cook Like a Banana / Anna M. Shih -- 13. My Mother and the Kimchee Jar / Kook-Wha Koh -- 14. Going Back to Chinese School / Frances Kai-Hwa Wang -- 15. Mediating through Memory: The Hmong in Michigan / Jeffrey Vang -- IV. Life Journeys -- Introduction to Part IV by Pratyusha Tummala-Narra -- 16. Growing Up in Michigan / Lawrence G. Almeda -- 17. Shoveling and Heaving: Michigan's Manangs and Manongs / Emily P. Lawsin -- 18. Adoption as Crucible / Jen Hilzinger -- 19. The Long Homecoming: Being Chinese and American in Michigan / Katherine M. Lee -- 20. My Family's Experience of the Japanese American Internment Camps / Dylan Sugiyama
21. Growing Up Hapa in Ann Arbor / Lynet Uttal -- 22. The Apology / Catherine Chung -- 23. Cars, Prejudice, and God / Kyo Takahashi -- 24. A Journey Begins on April 30,1975: Being Vietnamese American in Michigan / Mimi Doan-Trang Nguyen -- 25. A Strange Land / Elaine Lok -- 26. Day Remembered / Ti-Hua Chang -- V. Contemporary Prospects and Voices of the Future -- Introduction to Part V by Christine Chen -- 27. Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education in Michigan / Brianna Reckeweg -- 28. Political Engagement of Michigan Asian Americans / Sook Wilkinson -- 29. Arirang / Kira A. Donnell -- 30. Five Seconds / Sheila Xiong -- 31. A Search for Hyerim / Rachel Hyerim Sisco -- 32. Politics Runs in the Family / Samir Singh -- 33. Unconscious and Unrecognized / Emily Hsiao.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks F575 .A75 A74 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Item is in display case (ask at desk to check out) 33039001358406

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: I. Taking Soundings of Asian America in Michigan -- Introduction to Part I by Victor Jew -- 1. A Demographic Portrait of Asian Americans in Michigan / Kurt R. Metzger -- 2. Asian Americans and Michigan: A Long Transnational Legacy / Victor Jew -- 3. "Tell 'Em You're from Detroit": Chinese Americans in the Model City / Chelsea Zuzindlak -- 4. "Ambassadors" in the Heartland: Asian American Racial and Regional Identity Formations in Michigan / Barbara W. Kim -- 5. Genealogy of a Detroit Childhood / Min Hyoung Song -- II. Legacy Keeping and Memory Keepers -- Introduction to Part II by Victor Jew -- 6. The Making of an Asian American Detroiter / Grace Lee Boggs -- 7. Three Legacy Keepers: The Voices of Chinese, Korean, and Indo-American Michiganders / Kul B. Gauri -- 8. The History of Nikkei (Japanese) in Detroit / Toshiko Shimoura

9. From Hammered-Down Nail to Squeaky Cog: The Modern Japanese American Experience in Detroit / Asae Shichi -- 10. Bangladeshis in Hamtramck / Durriya Meer -- 11. A Brief History of Filipino Americans in Michigan / Joseph A. Galura -- III. Culture and Heritage -- Introduction to Part III by Sachi Koto -- 12. How to Cook Like a Banana / Anna M. Shih -- 13. My Mother and the Kimchee Jar / Kook-Wha Koh -- 14. Going Back to Chinese School / Frances Kai-Hwa Wang -- 15. Mediating through Memory: The Hmong in Michigan / Jeffrey Vang -- IV. Life Journeys -- Introduction to Part IV by Pratyusha Tummala-Narra -- 16. Growing Up in Michigan / Lawrence G. Almeda -- 17. Shoveling and Heaving: Michigan's Manangs and Manongs / Emily P. Lawsin -- 18. Adoption as Crucible / Jen Hilzinger -- 19. The Long Homecoming: Being Chinese and American in Michigan / Katherine M. Lee -- 20. My Family's Experience of the Japanese American Internment Camps / Dylan Sugiyama

21. Growing Up Hapa in Ann Arbor / Lynet Uttal -- 22. The Apology / Catherine Chung -- 23. Cars, Prejudice, and God / Kyo Takahashi -- 24. A Journey Begins on April 30,1975: Being Vietnamese American in Michigan / Mimi Doan-Trang Nguyen -- 25. A Strange Land / Elaine Lok -- 26. Day Remembered / Ti-Hua Chang -- V. Contemporary Prospects and Voices of the Future -- Introduction to Part V by Christine Chen -- 27. Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education in Michigan / Brianna Reckeweg -- 28. Political Engagement of Michigan Asian Americans / Sook Wilkinson -- 29. Arirang / Kira A. Donnell -- 30. Five Seconds / Sheila Xiong -- 31. A Search for Hyerim / Rachel Hyerim Sisco -- 32. Politics Runs in the Family / Samir Singh -- 33. Unconscious and Unrecognized / Emily Hsiao.

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