Asian American History and Culture: An Encyclopedia

Adoption of Asian Children

Affirmative Action

Akaka, Daniel (1924-)

Alien Land Law Movement

Amerasians and Multiracial Asian Americans

Angel Island Immigration Station

Anti-Asian Violence

Antimiscegenation Laws

Asian American Dance Theatre

Asian American Journalists Association

Asian American Movement

Asian American Studies

AsianWeek

Assimilation and Acculturation

Association for Asian American Studies

Association for Asian Studies

Association of Asian/Pacific American Artists

Bilingual Education

Cable Act (1922)

Comedy and Humor, Asian American

Demonstration Project for Asian Americans

Film and Filmmakers, Asian American

Gay and Lesbian Issues, Asian American

Historiography and Historians, Asian American

Immigration Act of 1924

Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

Interracial Marriage, Asian American

Labor and Employment, Asian American

Language, Asian American

McCarran-Walter Act (1952)

Model Minority

Music and Musicians, Asian American

National Asian American Telecommunications Association

Parenting and Child Rearing, Asian American

Politics, Asian Americans in

Proposition 209 (1996)

Religion, Asian American

Remittances, Asian American

Science and Scientists, Asian American

Theater, Asian American

Transnationalism, Asian American

Undocumented Immigration, Asian American

War Brides and War Brides Act (1945)

Youth Gangs, Asian American

Anti-Cambodian Incidents

Business and Entrepreneurship, Cambodian American

Community Organizations, Cambodian American

Deportation of Cambodians

Education, Cambodian American

Literature, Cambodian American

Music and Dance, Cambodian American

Political and Social Empowerment, Cambodian American

Religion, Cambodian American

Women, Cambodian American

Acculturation and the Chinese American Community

Act to Repeal the Chinese Exclusion Acts (1943)

Anti-Chinese Riots

Banks, Chinese American

“Bachelor Society”

Bemis, Polly (1853-1933)

Bowl of Rice Movement

Burlingame Treaty (1868)

Business and Entrepreneurship, Chinese American

Cameron House

Chennault, Anna C. (Chen Xiangmei) (1925-)

Chiang, Madame Kai-shek (Soong Mei-ling) (1897-2003)

Chin (Vincent) Incident

China Books and Periodicals Incorporated

China Lobby

China War Relief Association

Chinatowns

Chinatown (New York City)

Chinatown (San Francisco)

Chinatown in Suburban America

Chinatown on the Western Frontier

Chinese American Citizens Alliance

Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association

Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)

Chinese Hospital, San Francisco

Chinese Language Schools

Chinese School (San Francisco)

Chu, Steven (1948-)

Commodore Stockton School

Community Politics, Chinese American

Confession Program

Contract Labor, Chinese

Crib Papers

Daoist Temples in California

Demographics, Chinese American

Diaspora, Chinese

Displaced Persons Act (1948)

Education, Chinese American

Eu, March Fong (1922-)

Family Associations, Chinese American

Family Life, Chinese American

Festivals, Chinese American

Film, Chinese Americans in

Flying Tigers

Gambling Among Chinese Americans

Garment Factories, Chinese Americans in

Gold Rush and Mining

Grocery Stores and Supermarkets, Chinese American

Hwang, David Henry (1957-)

Interracial Dating and Marriage, Chinese American

Kingston, Maxine Hong (1940-)

Kuomintang (Guomindang) in Chinatowns

Kwan, Michelle (1980-)

Labor and Employment, Chinese American

Laundries, Chinese

Lee, Bruce (1940-1973)

Lee, Rose Hum (1904-1964)

Lee, Tsung-Dao (Li Zhengdao) (1926-)

Lin, Maya Ying (1959-)

Literature, Chinese American

Locke, California

Locke, Gary (1950-)

Ma, Yo-Yo (1955-)

Martial Arts (Kung Fu), Chinese

Media and Visual Arts, Chinese American

Miss Chinatown

Nightclubs, Chinese

Organization of Chinese Americans

Page Act (1875)

Paper Sons, Paper Daughters

Pei, I.M. (1917-)

Political and Social Empowerment, Chinese American

Portsmouth Square, San Francisco

Press, Chinese American

Queue Ordinance (1876)

Railroads, Chinese Americans and

Refugee Relief Act (1953)

Religion, Chinese American

Restaurants and Cuisine, Chinese American

Sam Yap and Sze Yap

San Francisco Earthquake (1906)

Sargent, Frank P. (1854-1908)

Scott Act (1888)

Settlement Patterns, Chinese American

Students, Chinese American

Tan, Amy (1952-)

Tien, Chang-lin (1935-2002)

Ting, Samuel C.C. (1936-)

Tongs

Tsui, Daniel C. (1939-)

Wang, An (1920-1990)

Wang, Charles B. (1944-)

Wang, Vera (1949-)

Wang, Wayne (1949-)

Wing, Yung (1828-1912)

Women, Chinese American

Wong, Jade Snow (1922-2006)

Woo, Shien Biau (1937-)

Wu, Chien-Shiung (1912-1997)

Yang, Chen Ning (1922-)

Acculturation and the Filipino American Community

Agbayani Village

Agricultural Unions, Filipino Americans and

Anti-Filipino Movement

Aruego, Jose (1932-)

Associations, Filipino American

Buaken, Manuel (1911-)

Bulosan, Carlos (1913-1956)

Business and Entrepreneurship, Filipino American

Center for Philippine Studies

Compadrinazgo

Cordova, Fred (1931-)

Demographics, Filipino American

Education, Filipino American

Exchange Visitor Program

Family Life, Filipino American

Filipinas Magazine

Filipino American National Historical Society

Filipino Federation of America

Filipino Federation of Labor

Filipino Higher Wage Movement

Filipino Infantry Regiments

Filipino Naturalization Act (1946)

Hagedorn, Jessica (1949-)

Iglesia ni Cristo

Immigration, Filipino

International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Filipino Americans and

Interracial Dating and Marriage, Filipino Americans

Itliong, Larry (1913-1977)

Labor and Employment, Filipino American

Literature, Filipino American

Little Manila

Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904)

Media and Visual Arts, Filipino American

Navy, Filipinos in the U.S.

Nurses, Filipino/a

Political and Social Empowerment, Filipino American

Religion, Filipino American

Repatriation Act (1935)

Restaurants and Cuisine, Filipino American

Tagalog

Taxi-Dance Halls

Tydings-McDuffie Act (1934)

Women, Filipina American

Acculturation and the Indian American Community

Anglo-Indians

Association of Indians in America (AIA)

Bose, Sudhindra (1883-1946)

Business and Entrepreneurship, Indian American

Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan (1910-1995)

Demographics, Indian American

Education, Indian American

Family Life, Indian American

First Indo-American Bank

Ghadar Movement

Health and Medicine, Indian Americans in

Homosexuality in the Indian American Community

Hotel and Motel Business, Indian Americans in the

Immigration, Indian American

Khalsa Diwan Society

Labor and Employment, Indian American

Lahiri, Jhumpa (1967-)

Literature, Indian American

Media and Visual Arts, Indian American

Mehta, Zubin (1936-)

Mexican-Indian Marriages

Mukherjee, Bharati (1940-)

Newsstands, Indian

Pandit, Sakharam Ganesh (1875-1959)

Political and Social Empowerment, Indian American

Press, Indian American

Punjabi Americans

Ramakrishna Mission

Religion, Indian American

Restaurants and Cuisine, Indian American

San Francisco Radical Club

Saund, Dalip Singh (1899-1973)

Seattle Exclusion League

Self-Realization Fellowship

Shridharani, Krishnalal (1911-1960)

Singh, Jawala (1859-1938)

Subba Row, Yellapragada (1895-1948)

Theosophical Society

United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind (1923)

Watumull Foundation

Women, Indian American

Yuba City, California

Acculturation and the Japanese American Community

Agriculture, Japanese Americans in

Anti-Japanese Movement

Arai, Clarence Takeya (1901-1964)

Asiatic Exclusion League

Buddhist Churches of America

Business and Entrepreneurship, Japanese American

Civil Liberties Act (1988)

Collins, Wayne M. (1918-1974)

Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians

Coram Nobis Cases (1943, 1944)

Day of Remembrance

Diaspora, Japanese

Draft Resistance, World War II

Education, Japanese American

Emigration Companies

Ex parte Endo (1944)

Executive Order 9066 (1942)

Exile and Incarceration: Japanese Americans in World War II

Family Life, Japanese American

442nd Regimental Combat Team

Furuya, Masajiro (1862-1938)

Gentlemen's Agreement (1907-1908)

Hawaii Seven

Hayakawa, S.I. (1906-1992)

Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee

Heco, Joseph (1837-1897)

Hirabayashi v. United States (1943)

Hood River Incident

Ichihashi, Yamato (1878-1963)

Ichioka, Yuji (1936-2002)

Inouye, Daniel K. (1924-)

Interracial Dating and Marriage, Japanese American

Inu (Informants)

Irwin, Robert Walker (1844-1925)

Issei

Japan Bashing

Japanese American Citizens League

Japanese American Evacuation Claims Act (1948)

Japanese American National Museum

Japanese Associations

Japanese Language Schools

Japanese-Mexican Labor Association

Japanese Peruvians

Kibei

Kitano, Harry H.L. (1926-2002)

Koda, Keisaburo (1882-1964)

Korematsu v. United States (1944)

Labor and Employment, Japanese American

Literature, Japanese American

Little Tokyo

Manzanar Incident

Martial Arts, Japanese

Masaoka, Mike Masaru (1915-1991)

Matsunaga, Spark (1916-1990)

McClatchy, V.S. (1857-1938)

Midori (1971-)

Mineta, Norman (1931-)

Mink, Patsy Takemoto (1927-2002)

Myer, Dillon S. (1891-1982)

National Japanese American Student Relocation Council

Native Sons of the Golden West

Nisei

Noguchi, Isamu (1904-1988)

Okubo, Miné (1912-2001)

Omura, James Matsumoto (1912-1994)

Ozawa, Seiji (1935-)

Picture Brides

Press, Japanese American

Redress Movement

Religion, Japanese American

Resettlement, Post–World War II Incarceration

Restaurants and Cuisine, Japanese American

Satow, Masao (1908-1977)

“Schoolboy”/“Schoolgirl”

Seabrook Farms

Settlements, Japanese American

Shikata Ga Nai

Shima, George (1864-1926)

Slocum, Tokutaro “Tokie” (1895-1974)

Takao Ozawa v. United States (1922)

Tokyo Rose (Ikuko “Iva” Toguri) (1916-2006)

Tolan Committee

Uchida, Yoshiko (1921-1992)

Uno, Edison Tomimaro (1929-1976)

War Relocation Authority

Weglyn, Michi Nishiura (1926-1999)

Yamaguchi, Kristi (1971-)

Yasui v. United States (1943)

Association of Korean Political Studies

Business and Entrepreneurship, Korean American

Chang, Sarah (1980-)

Cho, Margaret (1968-)

Community Organizations, Korean American

Koreagate

Korean American Coalition

Korean National Association

Koreatown (Los Angeles)

Lee, Sammy (1920-)

Literature, Korean American

Los Angeles Riots

Moon, Sun Myung (1920-)

Paik, Nam June (1932-2006)

Religion, Korean American

Students, Korean American

Treaty of Amity and Commerce (1882)

War Brides, Korean

Women, Korean American

Community Organizations, Hmong American

Political and Social Empowerment, Hmong American

Religion, Hmong American

Religion, Laotian American

Women, Hmong American

Chamorros

Hapa

Hawaiians

Samoan Americans

Tongans

Pakistan League of America

Religion, Pakistani American

Business and Entrepreneurship, Taiwanese American

Coordination Council for North American Affairs

Demographics, Taiwanese American

Ho, David (1952-)

Hsi Lai Temple

Lee, Ang (1954-)

Lee, Yuan-Tseh (1936-)

Lee (Wen Ho) Case

Parachute Kids

Political Empowerment, Taiwanese American

Students, Taiwanese American

Taiwan Independence Movement

Yang, Jerry (1968-)

Bunker, Chang and Eng (1811-1874)

Woods, Tiger (1975-)

“Boat People”

Bui, Tony (1973-)

Business and Entrepreneurship, Vietnamese American

Lam, Tony (1937-)

Literature, Vietnamese American

Little Saigon (Orange County, California)

Politics and Political Empowerment, Vietnamese American

Refugee Act (1980)

Religion, Vietnamese American

Women, Vietnamese American