TY - BOOK AU - Maeda,Daryl J. TI - Chains of Babylon: the rise of Asian America T2 - Critical American studies series SN - 9780816648900 (hc : acidfree paper) AV - E184.A75 M34 2009 U1 - 305.895/073 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Minneapolis PB - University of Minnesota Press KW - Third World Liberation Front KW - History KW - Asian Americans KW - Politics and government KW - 20th century KW - Social conditions KW - Ethnic identity KW - Political activists KW - United States KW - Social movements KW - Vietnam War, 1961-1975 KW - Protest movements KW - African Americans KW - Relations with Asian Americans KW - Race relations N1 - 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 ER -