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.
National Asian Pacific American Political Almanac Tenth Edition
Los Angeles: University of Los Angeles Asian American Studies Center, 2001. Paperback. ix, 307p., paperback, very good. Tenth edition of this almanac listing Asian American officials around the United States. More
Cat.No: 307402
National Defense Migration. Part 31, Los Angeles and San Francisco...
Washington DC: GPO; printed for the Select Committee Investigating National Defense Migration. 1942. Paperback. pp. x, 11623-11945, paperback, light shelfwear. Neatly ex-library with rubberstamps of the Division of Labor Statistics and Research. Hearings before the United States House Select Committee Investigating National Defense Migration, Seventy-Seventh Congress, second session, on Mar..... More
Cat.No: 302061
National Reconstruction Journal. Volume 1 (August 1942)
New York: Committee on Wartime Planning for Chinese Students in the United States; China Institute in America, 1942. Magazine. 109p., paperback journal, errata slip tipped in (originally pasted inside front cover with several spots of glue, now loose but still present). Very good. First issue of the journal, with a...... More
Cat.No: 265445
The New Century Enterprise: [six issue broken run]
San Francisco: Graphic Arts Class at Balboa New Century Enterprise, 1993-1994. Six issue broken run of the school newsletter, various pagination, 8.5x11 inches, illustrations, photos, articles, events, sports, very good on heavy stock. Student newsletter produced by multicultural students. Issues include: 1:2-5, 2:1 & 2, December 10, 1993 - December..... More
Cat.No: 220691
New Dawn [12 issues]
San Francisco: J-Town Collective, 1972-1975. Newspaper. Twelve issues of the tabloid-format radical Japanese-American paper featuring news on San Francisco Bay Area struggles and Maoist perspectives on world affairs. Generally 12-16p. each; evenly toned, very good. Issues present are vol. 1 no. 6, vol. 2 nos. 5, 7, 9, 11; vol..... More
Cat.No: 300569
New Dawn [seven issues]
San Francisco: J-Town Collective, 1974-1975. Newspaper. Seven issues of the tabloid-format radical Japanese-American paper featuring news on San Francisco Bay Area struggles and Maoist perspectives on world affairs. Generally 12-16p. each; evenly toned, very good. Issues present are vol. 3 no. 7, and volume 4 nos. 1, 5, 6, 8-10..... More
Cat.No: 300571
New Dawn; vol. 1 no. 6 (March 1972)
San Francisco: J-Town Collective, 1972. Newspaper. 16p. issue of the radical Japanese-American monthly newspaper; horizontal fold, evenly toned, very good. Rear cover celebrates Angela Davis' release on bail. More
Cat.No: 292520
New Dawn; vol. 1 no. 8 (May 1972)
San Francisco: J-Town Collective, 1972. Newspaper. 16p. issue of the radical Japanese-American monthly newspaper; horizontal fold, evenly toned, minor corner wear. Cover story, and 8-page supplement, on self-determination for Okinawa. More
Cat.No: 292521
New Dawn; vol. IV no. 9, May 1975
San Francisco: J-Town Collective, 1975. Newspaper. 12p. issue of the radical Japanese-American monthly newspaper; paper evenly toned, some edgewear. Includes articles on the Nichi Bei Times strike, opposition to development in Little Tokyo, opposition to Operation Babylift (described as kidnapping Vietnamese babies), and more. More
Cat.No: 285925
Nikkei 2000 Conference. Summary and Analysis
[San Francisco?]: California Japanese American Community Leadership Council, 2001. Staplebound. 63, [1]p., wraps. 11x8.5 in. Booklet with action plans, participant directory, and news coverage of the Nikkei 2000 Conference, “Empowering Our Community in the 21st Century.”. More
Cat.No: 308196
Nikkei-Sentinel. Spring 1982
Los Angeles and San Francisco: Little Tokyo People's Rights Organization and Japanese Community Progress Alliance, 1982. Magazine. 21p. in English, 7 p. in Japanese, 8.5x11 inch magazine on newsprint; evenly toned, otherwise very good. Cover story on the Day of Remembrance for the 40th anniversary of Japanese internment; includes several..... More
Cat.No: 298724
Nikkei. (June 1981)
Los Angeles: Little Tokyo People's Rights Organization, 1981. Newspaper. 16p. tabloid newspaper, horizontal fold with address label, evenly toned. More
Cat.No: 302091
Nisei Christian journey; its promise & fulfillment
[Sunnyvale, CA?]: Nisei Christian Oral History Project, 1988. Paperback. [2], iv, 152, [2]p., wraps, 10.75x8.25 inches, very good condition. The first volume, containing seven interviews out of 107. More
Cat.No: 56801
Nisei Week: 52nd Annual Japanese Festival, 1992
Los Angeles: Nisei Week Japanese Festival, 1992. Paperback. 96p., wraps, illus., wraps rubbed else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 303875
No Opio O Punahou Punahou School, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1970-1971
Honolulu: the school, 1971. Paperback. 224p., paperbound in 11x8.5 inch wraps, yearbook in non-standard format: no singleton mugshots but a plethora of candid snapshots (usually of small groups) captioned with more than the usual humor and a touch of naughtiness. Prelims and terminal leaves covered with farewell holograph messages. This..... More
Cat.No: 187682
The Norman Y. Mineta Collection Guide
Los Angeles: Japanese American National Museum, [c1995]. Paperback. 69p., wraps, illus., small sticker scar on front wrap, ex-library with three stickers on verso of front wrap and card pocket on verso of rear wrap. Mineta was the first Japanese American elected to Congress from the mainland United States. More
Cat.No: 309112
O mea ua iloaina: I oti faafuase'i o tamaiti laiti...
n.p. Hawaii SIDS Information and Counseling Program, [198-?]. Pamphlet. Two four-page brochures, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good. Samoan-language overview of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, adapted from Hawaiian Department of Health materials by Dr. Lulumafuie Fiatoa, together with a Korean version, translated by Young-Seok Choi. More
Cat.No: 290552
Oakland Heritage Alliance News: Vol. 3, No. 4, Fall 1983
Oakland: Oakland Heritage Alliance, 1983. Newsletter. 7p., stapled once at upper left and then folded into a 5.5x8.5 inch booklet, light handling wear, top corner dog-eared, else good condition. Whole issue devoted to an article on Japanese Americans in Oakland, with much on internment. More
Cat.No: 303856
Obon: "Festival of Joy"
Oakland: Buddhist Church of Oakland, 2005. Pamphlet. Folded festival program, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good. Includes program of events, the origin of the festival, and the Obon Odori titles. The Buddhist Church of Oakland was founded in 1901 by Issei who had moved from San Francisco to the East Bay. More
Cat.No: 276715
Only Japanese chorus girl in U.S. [press photo of Ruth...
New York: International Newsreel Photo, 1931. Photograph. 6x8 inch black and white press photo with text pasted to the blank verso, ownership stamp of King Features Syndicate. Area of faint toning near the bottom of the side with the image. "Ruth Sato, 22, a former Barnard College student, who is..... More
Cat.No: 318208
Oriental Recipes
Portland, OR: The Veleda Club, 1983. Spiral_bound. 71p., card covers with plastic comb binding, 5.75x8.5 inches, small stains on title page, sticker scar on rear cover, else very good. Ninth printing. The Veleda Club was formed in 1949 by a group of Japanese American women connected to the YWCA in..... More
Cat.No: 285783
Oriental Recipes
Portland, OR: The Veleda Club, 1983. Spiral_bound. 71p. plus ads, spiralbound with card covers, 5.75x8.5 inches, minor handling soil on covers. Tenth printing. The Veleda Club was formed in 1949 by a group of Japanese American women connected to the YWCA in Portland. More
Cat.No: 304027
Our Asian Inheritance. No. 5
Seattle: Rational Island Publishers, 1985. Magazine. 79p., 8.5x11 inch staplebound journal, mild handling wear, very good. A Re-Evaluation Counseling publication for an Asian American audience. More
Cat.No: 286246
Our Immigration Law under Attack: How Proposed Changes in the...
New Orleans: The Independent American, 1965. Ten-panel leaflet, very good. Tax Fax No. 62. States that Johnson's proposed immigration reforms would assault American workers by inviting cheap competition, while "unlimited, non-quota Orientals and Negroes would be allowed." States that the law would also welcome communist agents and the insane. More
Cat.No: 254786
Pacific and Asian Americans: emerging models for ministry
Berkeley: Pacific and Asian American Center for Theology and Strategies (PACTS), 1981. 71p., staplebound wraps, 8.5x11 inches. Cover gives date as 1980, but a slip laid in corrects this typo. More
Cat.No: 204827
The laughter of my father
Bulosan, Carlos
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