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. - xviii, 370 pages : illustrations, charts ; 23 cm. - Great Lakes books . - Great Lakes books. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Taking Soundings of Asian America in Michigan -- Introduction to Part I by Victor Jew -- A Demographic Portrait of Asian Americans in Michigan / Asian Americans and Michigan: A Long Transnational Legacy / "Tell 'Em You're from Detroit": Chinese Americans in the Model City / "Ambassadors" in the Heartland: Asian American Racial and Regional Identity Formations in Michigan / Genealogy of a Detroit Childhood / Legacy Keeping and Memory Keepers -- Introduction to Part II by Victor Jew -- The Making of an Asian American Detroiter / Three Legacy Keepers: The Voices of Chinese, Korean, and Indo-American Michiganders / The History of Nikkei (Japanese) in Detroit / Kurt R. Metzger -- Victor Jew -- Chelsea Zuzindlak -- Barbara W. Kim -- Min Hyoung Song -- Grace Lee Boggs -- Kul B. Gauri -- Toshiko Shimoura Machine generated contents note: I. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. II. 6. 7. 8. From Hammered-Down Nail to Squeaky Cog: The Modern Japanese American Experience in Detroit / Bangladeshis in Hamtramck / A Brief History of Filipino Americans in Michigan / Culture and Heritage -- Introduction to Part III by Sachi Koto -- How to Cook Like a Banana / My Mother and the Kimchee Jar / Going Back to Chinese School / Mediating through Memory: The Hmong in Michigan / Life Journeys -- Introduction to Part IV by Pratyusha Tummala-Narra -- Growing Up in Michigan / Shoveling and Heaving: Michigan's Manangs and Manongs / Adoption as Crucible / The Long Homecoming: Being Chinese and American in Michigan / My Family's Experience of the Japanese American Internment Camps / Asae Shichi -- Durriya Meer -- Joseph A. Galura -- Anna M. Shih -- Kook-Wha Koh -- Frances Kai-Hwa Wang -- Jeffrey Vang -- Lawrence G. Almeda -- Emily P. Lawsin -- Jen Hilzinger -- Katherine M. Lee -- Dylan Sugiyama 9. 10. 11. III. 12. 13. 14. 15. IV. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Growing Up Hapa in Ann Arbor / The Apology / Cars, Prejudice, and God / A Journey Begins on April 30,1975: Being Vietnamese American in Michigan / A Strange Land / Day Remembered / Contemporary Prospects and Voices of the Future -- Introduction to Part V by Christine Chen -- Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education in Michigan / Political Engagement of Michigan Asian Americans / Arirang / Five Seconds / A Search for Hyerim / Politics Runs in the Family / Unconscious and Unrecognized / Lynet Uttal -- Catherine Chung -- Kyo Takahashi -- Mimi Doan-Trang Nguyen -- Elaine Lok -- Ti-Hua Chang -- Brianna Reckeweg -- Sook Wilkinson -- Kira A. Donnell -- Sheila Xiong -- Rachel Hyerim Sisco -- Samir Singh -- Emily Hsiao. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. V. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33.

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