Amerasia Journal (Volume 18, Number 2, 1992)

Unknown, Author

UCLA Asian American Studies Center Press

Examines the role of Asian Americans in the movie industry

Moving the Image: Independent Asian Pacific American Media Arts

Humor & Entertainment

Movies

Nonfiction. Prefaces by Michael McCone and Don T. Nakanishi. The days following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor were dark days of the American spirit. Unable to strike back effectively against the Japanese Empire , Americans in the Western states lashed out at fellow citizens and resident aliens of Japanese ancestry. Executive Order 9066, signed by President Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, was the instrument that allowed military commanders to designate areas "from which any or all persons may be excluded." Under this order all Japanese and Americans of Japanese ancestry were removed from Western coastal regions to guarded camps in the interior. Former Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark, who represented the Department of Justice in the "relocation," writes in the Epilogue to this book : "The truth is--as this deplorable experience proves--that constitutions and laws are not sufficient of themselves. Despite the unequivocal language of the Constitution of the United States that the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, and despite the Fifth Amendment's command that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law, both of these constitutional safeguards were denied by military action under Executive Order 9066."

Executive Order 9066: The Internment of 110,000 Japanese Americans

Arts & Photography

Conrat, Richard

Conrat, Maisie

Photography & Video

Cultural Writing. Asian American Studies. A wide-ranging collection of essays and material which documents the rich, little-known history of Asian American social activism during the years 1965-2001. This book examines the period not only through personal accounts and historical analysis, but through the visual record--utilizing historical prictorial materials developed at UCLA's Asian American Studies Center on Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipino, and Vietnamese Americans. Included are many reproductions of photos of the period, movement comics, demonstration flyers, newsletters, posters and much more.

Asian Americans: The Movement and the Moment

Politics & Social Sciences

Anthropology

The Movement and the Moment

Louie, Steve

Omatsu, Glenn

Cultural Writing. Nonfiction. Asian American Studies. ASIAN AMERICANS ON WAR AND PEACE is the first book to respond to the events of September 11, 2001 from Asian American perspectives, from the vantage point of those whose lives and communities have been forged by both war and peace. Together, twenty-four scholars, writers, activists and legal scholars reveal how Asians in America view the future of the planet in relation to the events of this last year and this last century, both in America and in the Middle East. Includes essays by Helen Zia, Jessica Hagedorn, Vijay Prashad, Amitava Kumar, Russell C. Leong, Jerry Kang, Frank Chin, Moustafa Bayoumi, Stephen Lee, Janice Mirikitani, Arif Dirlik, Grace Lee Boggs, and many others.

Asian Americans on War & Peace

History

Americas

Cultural Writing. Asisan American Studies. PASSING IT ON is the account of an extraordinary Asian American woman who spoke out and fought shoulder-to-shoulder with African Americans, Native Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, and Whites for social justice, civil rights, and prisoners and women's rights in the U.S. and internationally for over half a century. A prolific writer and speaker on human rights, Kochiyama has spoken at over 100 colleges and universities and high schools in the U.S. and Canada.

Passing It On

Biographies & Memoirs

Kochiyama, Yuri

Community & Culture

Passing It on: A Memoir

Yuri Kochiyama

PATELS: A GUJURATI COMMUNITY HISTORY IN THE UNITED STATES by Govind B. Bhakta is designed to provide a comprehensive report on the most significant social, historical, cultural, and demographic aspects of the Indo-American Patidar of the Surat, Bulsar, and Navsari districts of Gujurat State, India. The book, the first of its kind, documents extensively the immigration and settlement of Indo-American Patels to the United States, focusing on the 1960s to the present. Patels are highly visible on the American urban landscape, especially in motel businesses, throughout the nation. This book is an invaluable guide to the Patel contribution to American entrepreneurship, culture, and the professions through the eyes of first and second generation individuals, households, and community organizations in the U.S. With photographs, charts, tables, and listings of community organizations in the U.S.

Patels: A Gujurati Community History in the United States

Bhakta, Govind B.

National Asian Pacific American Political Almanac

Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies

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