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Since the first three documented Chinese arrived in the U.S. in 1848, more than six million Asians have followed. Their stories provide a fascinating picture of diverse cultural attitudes against a common American backdrop. I. Living in America. Growing up in Mississippi / Sam Sue -- Then came the war / Yuri Kochiyama -- Japanese Barbie dolls / Mari K. -- Born and raised in Hawaii, but not Hawaiian / Andrea Kim -- To be true Hawaiian / Will Hao -- West side story / Sue Jean Lee Suettinger -- Visiting the homeland / Victor Merina -- 1.5 generation / Charles Ryu -- II. Aspects of Americanization. Exodus. Khmer masks / Kim Huot Kiet -- The success story / Lang Ngan -- Out of communism / Alicia Diem -- Where to from here? / Kenny and Siu Wing Lai -- On the bumpy road. Recently arrived / David Lee -- Greedy about life again / Wong Chun Yau -- Still on the move / Chin Cai Ping -- One more degree / Valerie Corpus -- Traffic cops / Lang Ngan -- Traffic cops II / Kim Huot Kiet -- Traffic cops III / Charles Ryu -- Americanization. To be more Japanese / Henry Moritsugu -- To be more American / Cao O -- Looking American / Alicia Diem -- No tea, thank you / Setsuko K. -- Tensions / Mono Sen -- Being Indian in Jersey City / Hardayal Singh -- Racial hatred / Madhu S. Chawla -- Different by choice / Sudershan S. Chawla -- On being Asian American / Phil Nash, Vivian Hom Fentress, Sam Sue, Will Hao, Cao O, Tony Hom, Victor Merina, Carolyn Ayon Lee, Charles Ryu, Henry Moritsugo -- Minorities within / Cao O, Lang Ngan, Alicia Diem -- Family. The power of duty / Rose Eng -- Permanent sojourner / Ng Hing -- Men without women / Victor Merina -- Growing old / C. Ng -- Life as a senior / Katie Lee -- Food and mah-jongg / Tony Hom -- Obligation / Cao O -- Bossa / Valerie Corpus -- Company is family / Hideo K. -- Religion and rites within family. Koreans and church / Charles Ryu -- Family gathering / Sue Jean Lee Suettinger -- Ancestors / Chin Cai Ping, Cao O, Tony Hom -- Advance purchase / Wong Chun Yau -- One god / Alicia Diem -- Immigration theology / Wontae Chu -- III. Reflections on interracial marriage. Twenty-five years / Jim and Kate Mishra -- Biting the bullet / Vivian Hom Fentress -- Chinese wedding / Mark Fentress -- So he's not a Jewish doctor / Jody Sandler Hom -- It all worked out / Tony Hom -- Never Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm / Betty Ann Bruno -- A male human being / Phil Tajitsu Nash -- Eurasian / Joann Patricia Prosser -- Postscript to the paperback edition. |