Asian American
This section includes literature by Asian American authors, as well as nonfiction works on related subjects, and the ephemera of Asian American political and cultural organizations. We stock many out-of-print Asian American immigrant publications in Asian languages.
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14th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival 96; program
San Francisco: NAATA, 1996. 56p., 8.25x10.75 inches, illustrated with photos, folding poster stapled-in, descriptions of films entered in the festival, very good in original wraps. More about 14th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival 96; program
Cat.No: 103214
35th Anniversary: Cherry Blossom Festival
San Francisco: the Festival, 2002. 42p., staplebound wraps, 8.5x11 inches, light edgewear, very good. Program booklet with letters from officials, full roster of events, ads, etc. More about 35th Anniversary: Cherry Blossom Festival
Cat.No: 233856
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8th annual San Francisco Fall Festival: Japan Center, Nihonmachi [brochure]
San Francisco: the Festival, 1977. Six-panel brochure folded from single sheet, 7.25x10.75 inches, event calendar, ads, Center floor-plan, very good. Program for the festival with ads from local businesses. More about 8th annual San Francisco Fall Festival: Japan Center, Nihonmachi [brochure]
Cat.No: 181489
A/P The Newsletter: vol. 10, #9, September 1992; Camp radford revisited
West Hollywood: A/PLG - Asian/Pacific Lesbians & Gays, Inc., 1992. 8p. includes covers, 8.5x11 inches, articles, news, reports, event calendar, services and resources, very good newsletter on light yellow stock. More about A/P The Newsletter: vol. 10, #9, September 1992; Camp radford revisited
Cat.No: 230199
AAJA: Newsletter of the Asian American Journalists Association. Spring 1994
San Francisco: Asian American Journalists Association, 1994. 20p., 8.5x11 inches, very good. Includes a tribute to Randy Shilts and a cover story about Ying Chan winning the Polk Award. More about AAJA: Newsletter of the Asian American Journalists Association. Spring 1994
Cat.No: 225798
Amerasia journal, vol. 1, no. 4, February 1972
Los Angeles: UCLA Asian-American Studies Center, 1972. 76p., 8.5 x 5.5 inch wraps. Includes lead article on the Filipino Wedding in Waialua, Hawaii. More about Amerasia journal, vol. 1, no. 4, February 1972
Cat.No: 49485
Amerasia journal; index of volumes 1 - 13, 1971-1987
Los Angeles: UCLA Asian-American Studies Center, 1988. x, 22p., 8.5 x 5 inch wraps. More about Amerasia journal; index of volumes 1 - 13, 1971-1987
Cat.No: 86671
Ang Katipunan special. Target: KDP
Oakland: Union of Democratic Filipinos (KDP), [1982]. Four-panel brochure, 8.5x11 inches, outlining US government spying against the KDP. Revised version of an article by Venny Villapando originally published in Ang Katipunan. More about Ang Katipunan special. Target: KDP
Cat.No: 208282
Ang Katipunan: free victory issue. Vol. 12 no. 4 (March 5, 1986)
Oakland: Union of Democratic Filipinos (KDP), 1986. Special issue of the tabloid format newspaper, 11.5x17 inches, horizontal fold, evenly toned. Headlined "Free at last," celebrates the fall of Ferdinand Marcos. The most important radical leftist newspaper of the Filipino community in the US, with extensive coverage of domestic activism as... More about Ang Katipunan: free victory issue. Vol. 12 no. 4 (March 5, 1986)
Cat.No: 208284
Anti-Bakke Decision Coalition Newsletter. Vol. 1 no. 3 (April 1978)
San Francisco: the Coalition, 1978. 6p., 8.5x11 inches, very good. Much on organizing around the country to protest the Bakke decision, which challenged affirmative action programs by invalidating the use of racial quotas. The Coalition formed under the primary direction of I Wor Kuen, together with activists from other organizations. More about Anti-Bakke Decision Coalition Newsletter. Vol. 1 no. 3 (April 1978)
Cat.No: 236111
Asia Diary / Yazhou ri ji
San Francisco: Asia Book Store; printed by the Kwong Chi Book Co. in Hong Kong, [1957]. Unpaginated hardcover, very good in red boards, undated but includes a 1958 calendar. Unused diary, with occasional small photos of sites in China, and other scattered content including ads for publications. Text in Chinese... More about Asia Diary / Yazhou ri ji
Cat.No: 221187
Asia in the San Francisco Bay Area: a cultural travel guide
Emeryville: Asia Society; Avalon Travel, 2004. 303p., very good paperback. Overview of the area's immigrant communities. More about Asia in the San Francisco Bay Area: a cultural travel guide
Cat.No: 217943
Asian American Booklet
n.p. Department of Public Social Services, Cultural Awareness Training Program, 1976. [16p.], staplebound 8.5x11 inch booklet, no exterior title, generic title and incomplete publication information inside front cover. Includes sections introducing Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and Samoan immigrant communities. More about Asian American Booklet
Cat.No: 217582
Asian American Review. Vol. 2 No. 1
Berkeley: Asian American Studies, Department of Ethnic Studies, 1975. 212p., illus., 8.5x11", wraps. Includes research articles, poetry, and discussions of Asian American Studies at U.C. Berkeley. Title has been handwritten on blank spine. More about Asian American Review. Vol. 2 No. 1
Cat.No: 120991
Asian Americans: a success story? in The journal of social issues, 1973, vol. 29, no. 2: Issue editors Stanley Sue and Harry H. L. Kitano
Ann Arbor: Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, 1973. 218p., wraps. Entire issue on various topics of Asian American assimilation and functioning. More about Asian Americans: a success story? in The journal of social issues, 1973, vol. 29, no. 2: Issue...
Cat.No: 25659
Asian Pacific Lifeline: publication of the Asian Pacific Student Outreach: vol. 3, no. 6, March 1982
Los Angeles: USC Asian Pacific Student Outreach, 1982. 8p., tabloid newsprint folded, illustrated with photos and ads. Cover story on Dr. Thomas Noguchi, LA County Medical Examiner. East-West Players review. More about Asian Pacific Lifeline: publication of the Asian Pacific Student Outreach: vol. 3, no. 6, March 1982
Cat.No: 100833
Asian Pacific Lifeline: publication of the Asian Pacific Student Outreach: vol. 3, no. 2, October 1981
Los Angeles: USC Asian Pacific Student Outreach, 1981. 8p., tabloid newsprint folded, illustrated with photos and ads. Cover story on Job Market in the 1980s. More about Asian Pacific Lifeline: publication of the Asian Pacific Student Outreach: vol. 3, no. 2, October...
Cat.No: 100834
Asian traditions/modern expressions: Asian American artist and abstarction 1945 - 1970
New Brunswick: Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, 1997. 16p., 8.5x11 inches, illustrated with color plates, fine catalog of the exhibition in stapled pictorial wraps. Diana Kan, C. C. Wang, Tadashi Sato et al. More about Asian traditions/modern expressions: Asian American artist and abstarction 1945 - 1970
Cat.No: 180569
Asian/Pacific Islander cultural strengths & stresses. Chinese in America
Oakland: Asian Community Mental Health Services; California Department of Mental Health, 1981. 10p., slender staplebound booklet, 11x8.5 inches, very good. More about Asian/Pacific Islander cultural strengths & stresses. Chinese in America
Cat.No: 218453
Asian/Pacific Islander cultural strengths & stresses. [Set of three: Vietnamese in America, Samoans in America, Chinese in America]
Oakland: Asian Community Mental Health Services; California Department of Mental Health, 1981. Three slender booklets, apparently all that were issued in the series; 11x8.5 inches, very good. On issues specific to each immigrant group. More about Asian/Pacific Islander cultural strengths & stresses. [Set of three: Vietnamese in America,...
Cat.No: 191474
Asians in America: 1990 census. Classification by state
San Francisco: Asian Week, 1991. 64p., very good in wraps, 8.5x11 inches. More about Asians in America: 1990 census. Classification by state
Cat.No: 196093
Asians in Struggle
Brooklyn: Forward Motion, 1994. 16p., tabloid newspaper format, horizontal fold, paper evenly toned, otherwise very good. Issued as a stand-alone supplement to Forward Motion magazine, founded by the Proletarian Unity League but now the Freedom Road Socialist Organization. More about Asians in Struggle
Cat.No: 227601
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Bagui qiao shi / Overseas Chinese History of Bagui [32 issues]; together with 37 issues of its successor, Bagui qiao kan / Overseas Chinese Journal of Bagui
Nanning: Guangxi huaqiao lishi xuehui / Bagui qiao shi zazhishe, 1987-2008. Thirty-two issues of the journal, including all issues from 1987 to 1992 bound in hardcover volumes, later issues loose; the loose issues present include the following: 1993: 1, 2, 4; 1994: 1-4; 1995: 1-4; 1996: 1-4; 1997: 2. From... More about Bagui qiao shi / Overseas Chinese History of Bagui [32 issues]; together with 37 issues of its...
Cat.No: 184203
Berkeley Public Library's Annual Lesbian & Gay Author Reading: a unique and comfortable opportunity for cross-cultural dialog between the gay and straight communities [handbill] Lucy Jane Bledsoe, Darieck Scott & Canyon Sam
Berkeley: Friends of the Library, no date. Single 11x8.5 inch handbill in landscape format on lavender stock with photos of the three authors and event information, lightly-stained otherwise good. More about Berkeley Public Library's Annual Lesbian & Gay Author Reading: a unique and comfortable...
Cat.No: 229999
A Better Chance to Learn: bilingual bicultural education
Washington: United States Commission on Civil Rights, 1975. 254p., 8.5x11 inches, introduction, conclusion, appendices, references, footnotes, very good in trade paper pictorial wraps. Clearinghouse Publication #1. More about A Better Chance to Learn: bilingual bicultural education
Cat.No: 40198
She sews in a sweatshop still dreaming of Gold Mountains / reliving her past through holiday rituals / patiently waiting for her house in the suburbs. / Helplessly I watch the years roll by / on the horizon no houses in sight, just mountains made of brass and sweat [screen print poster]
Hom, Nancy; Stephanie Lowe
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