Maeda, Daryl J.

Chains of Babylon : the rise of Asian America / Daryl J. Maeda. - Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2009. - xviii, 203 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. - Critical American studies series .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Before Asian America -- "Down with Hayakawa!" : assimilation vs. third world solidarity at San Francisco State College -- Black Panthers, Red Guards, and Chinamen : constructing Asian American identity through performing blackness -- "Are we not also Asians?" : building solidarity through opposition to the Viet Nam war -- Performing radical culture : a grain of sand and the language of liberty -- Conclusion : fighting for the heart of Asian America.

9780816648900 (hc : acidfree paper) 9780816648917 (pb : acid-free paper)

2009017762


Third World Liberation Front--History.


Asian Americans--Politics and government--20th century.
Asian Americans--Social conditions--20th century.
Asian Americans--Ethnic identity.
Political activists--History--United States--20th century.
Social movements--History--United States--20th century.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States.
African Americans--Relations with Asian Americans.


United States--Race relations--History--20th century.
United States--Social conditions--20th century.

E184.A75 / M34 2009

305.895/073