Bowdoin: About: Faculty Staff: Faculty Focus social divisions between rich and poor, European American, Asian American and Native asthe procession of events involving great and notable people, but over http://www.bowdoin.edu/faculty-staff/matthewKlingle2.shtml
Extractions: about faculty staff faculty focus Faculty and Staff ... Faculty Focus This month's Faculty Focus: Matthew Klingle, Assistant Professor of History and Environmental Studies previous page FF: So what did your final doctoral thesis focus on? MK: MK: FF: So how do the classes that you teach in environmental history fit into the larger Environmental Studies Program here at Bowdoin? MK:
Finding Biographical Information may contain extensive biographical essays on people who are Dictionary of Asian AmericanHistory (E184 O6 D53 1986). notable Black American Men (E185.86 N68 1999 http://www.bothell.washington.edu/library/guides/FindingBiographicalInformation.
Extractions: Home Site Index UWB UWS UWT CCC Finding Biographical Information Research Guides Finding Biographical Information This guide is a starting point for individuals conducting biographical research. It serves as an introduction to the wide variety of biographical sources available at the UW Bothell/Cascadia Community College Campus Library. It may be helpful to ask for assistance from a reference librarian, as well. Reference service is available Monday through Thursday 8am-10pm, Friday and Saturday 9am-5pm, and Sunday noon-8pm. You may also make appointments with individual librarians for research assistance. Searching the UW Libraries Catalog Using Reference Books General Professions ... Literary Biography The following are two approaches to finding biographies in the UW Libraries Catalog. Try both methods and compare the results. Remember that n either method will return a list of all the books that will contain biographical information on your subject: Perform a Library of Congress SUBJECT search on the person you are researching (note: you must enter the last name first).
Extractions: This comic book presents a serious subject in an engaging format a series of cartoons that illustrate the causes and effects of colonialism in India, Vietnam and the Philippines. Its nine chapters examine the motives of European colonialism, the means by which it developed, and its current ramifications in Asia. The comic book provides an excellent framework for analyzing colonialism and its effects on the government, economy and social structure of each country. In addition, the cartoons connect the development of colonialism with current problems in the former colonies (e.g. the rise of multinational corporations, military dictatorships). The book is presented in a useful format for teachers. Each chapter includes discussion questions that enable students to think deeper about colonialism and its effects. The last chapter includes classroom activities that supplement each previous chapter. Teachers are recommended to use the book alongside conventional textbooks to discuss bias in history, as the books bias against colonialism can be contrasted with the bias of textbook accounts. Contact:
Extractions: This comprehensive 15-volume series written for middle school children is adapted from Takakis acclaimed history book, Strangers From a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans (see Takaki, Gr. 9-12 Each volume in the series covers major Asian American immigrant groups and issues. At the end of each volume is a chronology and a list of further readings. This format allows teachers flexibility in its use in the classroom. It can be used alongside the standard textbook, or students can be assigned whole books or chapters within books to supplement lessons. It is made appealing for middle school students by its extensive use of oral interviews, photographs and engaging historical text that makes the history come alive with feeling and emotion as well as documentation of dates, people, events, etc. Each volume is sold separately. The series titles and subjects are as follows: Spacious Dreams: The First Wave of Asian Immigration
Research In Ethnic Studies a book of lists featuring people, places, times, and E185 .C55; Atlas of AsianAmericanhistory KNIGHT notable Asian Americans KNIGHT REFERENCE - E184.O6 N67 http://libweb.uoregon.edu/guides/ethnicstudies/
Extractions: Starting Your Research Finding Articles Finding Books Web Resources Following is a selected list of general resources for starting research in U.S. Ethnic Studies. While many of these resources cover all US ethnic groups, the resources that focus on particular ethnic groups were chosen because of an instructional or research focus on that group at the UO. The UO Libraries' collections contain a wealth of information on all US ethnic groups. For further assistance, contact Robin Paynter, Area Studies/Reference Librarian, at (541) 346-2689 or email These sources are useful because they provide synopses of a research field, background information on a specific issue, or help you identify a research topic by perusing them. Encyclopedias (KNIGHT REFERENCE) Scholarly encyclopedias are great for their short, information packed articles summarizing the history and current academic views on a subject. Articles are usually written by an expert in the field, and often have citations to help you find further relevant information. There are many encyclopedias with Ethnic Studies content (ask @ the Reference Desk if you don't find what you need); below please find a select list of some of the most prominent. (TIP: you'll find many more resources near these on the Reference bookshelves, space limitations preclude listing all available sources):
About RACC notable Black American Women REF/ E 185.96 .N 68. More Mathematical people REF/QA 28 .M 67. Literature. Asian American Literature REF/ PS 508 .A 8 A 82. http://www.racc.edu/library/pathfinders04.asp
Extractions: In order to find information about a person's life and achievements, use the Subject Browse choice #3 on the Computer Catalog. Enter the person's name (Last, First). This will lead to the book length biographies in the library's General Collection. If you need only brief information about a person, check the Reference Collection. People in the Present Contemporary Heroes and Heroines REF/ CT 105 .C 66 Current Biography REF/ CT 100 .C8 Current Leaders of Nations B Ref/ D 839.5 .C 87 Biographical Dictionary of the Middle East REF/ DS 62.4 .S 53 People in the News REF/ CT 120 .B 76 Who's Who in America REF/ E 176 .W 642
Editorial readers and critics, as well as Asian American readers, she said that at least half of the people who showed Both of Lee's works were named notable books of http://www.nwasianweekly.com/editorial/read.htm
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month US people Word Wise Science Math Sports Cool Stuff Games and notable Asian Americans. Historyand Timelines Origins of APA Heritage Month; Asian American History; http://infoplease.kids.lycos.com/spot/asianhistory1.html
Asian Americans: A Pollak Library Research Guide 12; notable Asian Americans (1995) OPAC RECORD CENSUS 2000 For Asian American populationin the United 20 percent of the 11.9 million people who identified http://guides.library.fullerton.edu/asianamericans/
Prospects For Our Youth their homesickness by associating with people from their of the first generation isa notable feat, but his article Triumph of the Asian American, Bell cited http://hcs.harvard.edu/~yisei/backissues/fall_92/yf92_40.html
Extractions: Prospects for Our Youth Written by Dr. Haewon Han Not too long ago, I attended the Conference on South-East Asian Refugee Hygiene held at Wisconsin University. There were about 150 participants whose occupations ranged from medical doctors and nurses to social workers and sociologists. About two-thirds of the participants were from South Asian countries (Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and Laos, and the remaining were from the U.S. It seemed that everyone in the room was agreeing with what he said. The discussion leader Dr. M, an American, looked around the room, and I, with courage that I didnt know I had, raised my hand. "When we look at the statistics, first generation immigrants usually say that they never feel that theyre Americans, no matter how long they have lived here. As for the second generation descendants, who go to school here, live and grow up speaking English, the American culture becomes their own, and for the third generation, the culture and language of the first generation eventually becomes foreign to them. "The majority of us here are first generation immigrants from Asia. Before our children ask us questions that would be difficult for us to answer, we have to acquaint ourselves with U.S. immigration history and become confident of our position. If we can show them our pride and dignity, we will be able to help our children define their identities, so they will not have to experience such a severe case of Identity Crisis. There are a lot of books out there about immigration history. The most helpful book that I read was Thomas Sowells
ERIC Bibliography - Asian-American Authors with the assigned unique category of allied alien, but who have become alignedwith both the Asian American model minority Famous people of Asian Ancestry. http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/ieo/bibs/asianam.html
Extractions: Greetings. The following materials are intended to provide an introduction to Asian-American Authors. They were assembled from the World Wide Web, ERIC Database, and a variety of other bibliographic resources. Instructions for acquiring the full text of the ERIC records are presented at the end of this file.
American Studies: Electronic Reference (25 Resources) Biographical resource for notable people in American studyof African American, Hispanic American, Asian American, and Native on Begin Search http://lib.nd.edu/eresources/gateway/subjects/americanstudies/ref.html
Extractions: How do I ... Cite a Source Evaluate Web Resources Find a Book Find Full-Text Articles Locate Journal Articles Use Endnote Ask a Librarian Resources by Subjects Acct.>Business African American American Studies Anthropology Asian Studies Astronomy Biology Business Catholic Studies Chemistry Classics Computer Science Current News Economics Education Engineering Enviro. Sci Film Finance French Lang Gender Studies General and Multi. Geology German Lang Health History Irish Studies Italian Lang. Latin American Latino Studies Life Sciences Linguistics Management Marketing Materials Science Mathematics Medieval Military Science Music Peace Studies Philosophy Political Science Psychology Reference, Gen.
Afro American Manhood Gay Picture 8110. Asian American Studies Program Find A Grave is a resourcefor finding the final resting places of notable people. You http://www.calgaryhabitat.com/big-football-player.htm
New Horizon - Chan Troi Moi Statement Of Purpose the 25th anniversary of Vietnamese people in America of California Los Angeles AsianAmerican Studies Center were selected for their notable accomplishments in http://www.vietnewhorizon.org/htm/statement_purpose.htm
Asian / Pacific / American Studies Program & Institute African American, Latino, and Asian American Student Services and the collective consciousnessof its people. Featuring notable scholars and community leaders http://www.apa.nyu.edu/events/events_2003_spring.html
Native American Indian Themes In Children's Books INDIAN SHOES by site author Cynthia Leitich Smith has been named a notable SocialStudies Trade Book for Young people for 2003, selected by a committee http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/NativeThemes.htm
Extractions: (follow the links below) Overall, children's and young adult books with Native American Indian characters and themes have improved dramatically since I was a kid. We have a lot more to pick from than the Sacajewea and Pocahontas biographies, the tales of "savagery" on the Prairie. Looking at those writers who've focused a significant portion of their work in this area, Native authors as well as non-Native authors with strong community ties (or those who did their homework), it's clear that there are some quality books now available.
RACINGMIX.import.racing.thesis notable however is the use of mainly Asian the formation of a panAsian American ethnicidentity Discrimination against people of Asian descent has historical http://www.racingmix.com/essays/importracing.htm
Extractions: What's the Story Behind All Those Asians in the Import Scene? By Susan Kwon It started as a joke, to write a research paper on "rice rockets" for my graduate seminar class while I was at Stanford. I mean why not? My professor was so old, he couldn't care less what we wrote about. I've seen the Asian guys and girls hanging out at AMC Mercado Movie Theaters in Sunnyvale and In-N-Out Burgers in Milpitas with their souped up Honda's and Integra's. Being from LA, I knew something about "Imports" but never did I imagine that the Import scene could be so deep. So what started as a joke developed into my master's thesis. Who would have ever thought that you could get away with writing about Import cars for your master's thesis at Stanford? This article is a small part of my thesis. I present the Import scene as a unique Asian American youth subculture. I bring out the ways in which "Asianness" is asserted-a claim to Asian influence and origin of the Import subculture. My interpretation of the Import scene comes from hanging out with a specific car team in the Bay Area, which I will keep anonymous. I also attended many of the Import car shows in both Los Angeles and the Bay Area and visited many of the related websites. It is important to look at the Import subculture, made up predominantly of Asian American (including Pacific Islander) males from 16-25 year of age in a larger context of youth culture in the United States. The act of modifying the look and performance of the car has a long history in American culture. You have your white males and their "hot rodders," who modify, race and drive American cars (or "muscle cars") such as Mustangs, Chevrolets, and Impalas. You also have Latino males with their "low riders." This Import subculture shared among many Asian American youths may be viewed as an extension of a larger, male dominated, car-based cultural phenomenon. Yet
Reference Sources - Biography Research Guide - STCC Library which contain entries for many different people. African American Native American Asian American Latino American notable Black American Women, E 185.96 http://library.stcc.edu/guides/biography/refsources.htm
Extractions: Contact Reference Sources The following lists many of the biographical works in the STCC Library's reference collection. These are collective biographies, which contain entries for many different people. Biographies about individuals can be located through the library's online catalog General Works Women's Lives Multicultural Biographies ... Specific Fields General Works Title Call Number Current Biography CT 100 .C8 Ref Encyclopedia of World Biography CT 103 .E56 1997 Ref (17 vols.) The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives CT 213 .S37 1998 Ref (5 vols.) Newsmakers CT 120 .C663 1991- Ref Dictionary of American Biography E 176 .D563 1996 Ref They Made History: A Biographical Dictionary CT 103 .W54 1993 Ref Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography E 176 .A666 1900 Ref (7 vols.) Who's Who in America E 663 .W5612 1999 Ref (3 vols.) Who Was Who in America E 663 .W54 Ref (6 vols.) Who's Who in American History E 663 .W54 Ref
Asian Indian American Writers And Authors notable Asian American Writers. Yet, we are a multicultural, multilingual peoplewho hold different worldviews and divergent modes of interpretation. http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Park/9801/writers.html
Extractions: Paul Brand,m.d. A world renowned surgeon born in India. An author of my favorite book- "Pain: The Gift Nobody wants". Dinesh D'Souza Born in Bombay India. The controversial and sensational young author of "Illiberal Education: The Politics of Race and Sex on Campus" among many others. Gita Mehta Born in Southern India. A multi-taltented journalist, documentary filmmaker, promoter of the Indian Experience, and writer in every sense of the word. Ved Mehta An author without sight was born in the British Colonial India, in the town of Lahore. One of the most widely read and respected writers in the English language. Bharati Mukherjee A novelist/writer was born in Calcutta. An Indian immigrant married to a Canadian is the author of more than a dozen of novels and short stories, many of which are drawn from her own experiences as an immigrant. Vikram Seth Born in Calcutta, but spent much of his early childhood in London. An acclaimed poet and author of one of the longest English-language novels"A Suitable Boy".
Extractions: Have you wondered how Taiwanese Americans fit into Asian American history? How are Taiwanese Americans unique to other Asian groups? Dr. Yang will take you through a comparative history of Taiwanese Americans and Asian Americans, alluding to challenges, stereotypes, and victories that you may have already experienced without knowing it. H ello everyone! Welcome to the workshop. My name is Bruce Yang. The objective of this workshop is to discuss the role of Taiwanese American in Asian American history. Have you wondered how Taiwanese Americans fit into Asian American history? How are Taiwanese Americans unique to other Asian groups? Like most Asian immigrants, Taiwanese immigrants came to this country for the land of freedom and pursue of endless opportunities. Like most Asian Americans, Taiwanese Americans in this country also have to face the American culture of racial stereotyping, institutional discrimination, and deep seeded anti-Asian sentiment. Despite these challenges, like most Asian Americans, Taiwanese Americans have excelled and succeeded in various professions and different fields. But unlike most other Asian Americans, Taiwanese Americans constantly have to face a marginalization of our Taiwanese American identity. For example, a typical conversation goes like this:
