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Table of Contents:

• Introduction. From Heart Mountain to Hanoi
• 1. Before Asian America
• 2. "Down with Hayakawa!" Assimilation vs. Third World Solidarity at San Francisco State College
• 3. Black Panthers, Red Guards, and Chinamen: Constructing Asian American Identity through Performing Blackness
• 4. "Are We Not Also Asians?" Building Solidarity through Opposition to the Viet Nam War
• 5. Performing Radical Culture: A Grain of Sand and the Language of Liberty
• Conclusion: Fighting for the Heart of Asian America.

Author/Creator:

Maeda, Daryl J.

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Chains of Babylon: the rise of Asian America [by Maeda, D.J.]

Related Series:

Critical American studies series

Subjects:

Asian Americans — Politics and government — 20th century

Asian Americans — Social conditions — 20th century

Asian Americans — Ethnic identity

Political activists — United States — History — 20th century

Social movements — United States — History — 20th century

Third World Liberation Front — History

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

Third World Liberation Front

Vietnam War (1961-1975)

1900-1999

Political activists

Social movements

Asian Americans — Politics and government

Asian Americans

Protest movements

African Americans

Race relations

Social conditions

Asian Americans — Social conditions

United States

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description:

xviii, 203 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Call Numbers:

E184.A75 M34 2009

ISBNs:

9780816648900 (hc, acid-free paper)
0816648905 (hc, acid-free paper)
9780816648917 (pb, acid-free paper)
0816648913 (pb, acid-free paper)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2009017762

OCLC Numbers:

320434840