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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
Cat.No: 103214
2010 nian geng yin zi lian nong min li
San Bruno, CA: Purple Lotus Society, [2009]. 136p., slender paperback, very good. Booklet containing a traditional Chinese calendar for the year and short essays on contemporary life from a Buddhist perspective, distributed by the Purple Lotus Temple. More
Cat.No: 242402
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
Cat.No: 233856
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
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
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
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
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
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
Cat.No: 208282
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
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
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
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
Cat.No: 217582
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
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
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
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
Cat.No: 218453
Asians in America: 1990 census. Classification by state
San Francisco: Asian Week, 1991. 64p., very good in wraps, 8.5x11 inches. More
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
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
Cat.No: 184203
Balita. Vol. 2 no. 4 (Sept. 1986)
San Francisco: Alliance for Philippine Concerns, 1986. 8p., 8.5x11 inch wraps, rear cover unevenly toned. Single issue of the newsletter, with much on Corazon Aquino's upcoming visit to the US. More
Cat.No: 251116
Bao wei Diaoyutai lie yu / Protect Tiao-yu-tai Islands! [printed envelope]
n.p. [1971]. Gummed but unused envelope, very good, with slogan printed in red in both Chinese and English. The Diaoyu Tai / Tiaoyu Tai / Senkaku islands are a disputed territory in the sea between Taiwan and Japan, claimed by both China and Japan. In 1971, when the US was..... More
Cat.No: 242653
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
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
Cat.No: 40198
Blue and Gold vol. 74 (1947)
Berkeley: University of California, 1947. 511p., very good hardcover yearbook, 12.2x9 inches, profusely illustrated. This is the personal copy of Him Mark Lai, a pioneer in the field of Chinese American studies; front cover has his name in gold lettering at lower right corner, and his red rubberstamp appears internally..... More
Cat.No: 216185
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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