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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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Chinese business directory. San Francisco, East Bay Area, South Peninsula. 2000-2001
San Francisco: Chinese Business Publishing Co., 2000. 526p., very good in wraps; personal phone listings as well as numerous bilingual ads. More
Cat.No: 186776
Chinese General Peace Association: 100th anniversary 1913-2013 / Meizhou huaqiao heping zonghui
San Francisco: Chinese General Peace Association, 2013. 175p., very good in wraps, 8.5x11 inches, numerous photos, text almost entirely in Chinese. Includes many brief commemorative poems. Commemorative booklet issued by the Chinatown-based civic association, which was originally founded as a peacekeeping organization to mediate and suppress tong warfare. More
Cat.No: 183433
Chinese lullaby; the song featured in "East is West" ... words and music by Robert Hood Bowers
New York: G. Schirmer, 1919. 5p. sheet music, sheet music with pictorial wraps featuring white actress in Chinese drag as "Ming Toy." Stain at lower right corner. "Sing song, sing song, so Hop Toy / Allee same like China boy, / But he sellee girl with joy: Pity poor Ming..... More
Cat.No: 254037
Chinese Student Union Examiners. Vol. 1 (Spring 1986)
Berkeley: CSU Examinetrs, 1986. 12p., staplebound magazine, 8.5x11 inches, very good. Published by and for Berkeley students, includes an article by Alan Kai about working as an escort for the Miss Chinatown pageant, Jake Aoki on "The fine art of dating," Jacob Lin on South African divestment, and more. More
Cat.No: 220424
Coming full circle... A new beginning. FilGrad 2001. San Francisco State University, McKenna Theater, Filipino Graduation 2001
San Francisco: Media Committee, 2001. [40p.], staplebound wraps, 8.5x11 inches. Commemorative booklet for the graduating class, with black and white photos and personal statements. More
Cat.No: 207090
Committee to Commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the International Hotel and Manilatown [handbill]
San Francisco: the Committee, 1997. Single 8.5x11 inch sheet printed both sides, Five paragraphs of text and a photomontage by Leland Wong on one side, a calendar of events on the other. Very good. More
Cat.No: 183043
Communities united: fighting for justice
Los Angeles: National Coalition for Redress / Reparations, 1996. [16p.], staplebound program booklet for the 15th annual "Day of Remembrance," 8.5x11 inches, very good. The Coalition was formed in 1980 in Los Angeles to demand belated compensation for Japanese Americans who had been interned in the 1940s. More
Cat.No: 247864
Comprehensive Listing of State Legislators of Color Updated June 1992
Washington DC: Center for Policy Alternatives, 1992. Pamphlet. 23p., softbound corner-stapled pamphlet 11x8.5 inches, ex library with minimal markings (rubber stamp and inked abbreviation), a very good copy. More
Cat.No: 191382
CPA Record. No. 3 (February 1945)
Los Angeles: LA County Committee, Communist Political Association, 1945. 6p., 8.5x11 inches, paper toned, minor wear. Newsletter of the organization that temporarily replaced the Communist Party USA. Includes an article on the return of Japanese American evacuees and the need for housing, a piece on the fight against restrictive covenants..... More
Cat.No: 251037
Critical mass; a journal of Asian American cultural criticism, volume 1, number 1, fall 1993
Berkeley: University of California, 1993. 116p., paperback, very good. More
Cat.No: 25720
CSERA News: A bi-monthly newsletter from the Center for Studies of Ethnicity and Race in America (CSERA), University of Colorado at Boulder; Volume 5, No. 3, January 1992
Boulder, CO: CSERA, 1992. 7p., self wraps secured by folding, 8.5 x 11 inches, creased from being folded in half for mailing, address label on rear wrap with address crossed off in marker, else very good condition with flier advertising a fellowship opportunity laid in. The Center encompessed the Afroamerican..... More
Cat.No: 251016
CSERA News: A bi-monthly newsletter from the Center for Studies of Ethnicity and Race in America (CSERA), University of Colorado at Boulder; Volume 7, No. 1, November 1993
Boulder, CO: CSERA, 1993. 7p., self wraps secured by folding, 8.5 x 11 inches, creased from being folded in half for mailing, address label on rear wrap else very good condition. The Center encompessed the Afroamerican, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano Studies departments at the University. More
Cat.No: 251017
Da Hieu. No. 51
Fairfax, VA: the journal, [1998-?]. 280p., very good in wraps, text in Vietnamese. Single issue of the journal of the General Association of Former Military Academy Cadets of [South] Vietnam. Cover photos depict scenes from a San Jose event where the South Vietnamese colors were flown. Includes poetry, essays, and..... More
Cat.No: 188767
Death to the Security Pact / Solidarity with the Asian Peoples [hand-drawn placard depicting dragon, with the added lines "Asian-Coalition" and "End the Asian War"]
[San Francisco]: Asian Coalition, [1969]. Approximately 28x17.5 protest sign, drawn by hand on heavy card; some edge chipping and a hole near the dragon's rear leg. Despite the worn condition, a striking and perhaps unique artifact. The words "Asian Coalition" and "End the Asian War" were added afterward with a...... More
Cat.No: 248097
Dharma Realm Vegetarian Cookbook / Sach Nau Chay Phap Gioi
Burliname, CA: Buddhist Text Translation Society, 2018. 253p., very good paperback, color illustrations. Text in English and Vietnamese. More
Cat.No: 240823
Diaoyu Tai shijian ge xiao tongxue de xingdong [handbill]
[San Francisco Bay Area]: n.pub. [1971]. 11x8.5 inch handbill, mimeographed Chinese text both sides, vertical crease, otherwise very good. Describes activities by students activists at schools around the United States. The Diaoyu Tai / Tiao-yu Tai / Senkaku islands are a disputed territory in the sea between Taiwan and Japan..... More
Cat.No: 249406
Dissident song; a contemporary Asian American anthology
Santa Cruz: Quarry West, 1991. 168p. incl. a 13p. art portfolio, wraps. Special issue of QUARRY WEST, #s 29/30. More
Cat.No: 25474
The diverse face of Asians And Pacific Islanders in California. Asian & Pacific Islander demographic profile
Los Angeles, CA: Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California, 2005. 56p., wraps, 8.5x11 inches; graphs, tables, photos. Very good. More
Cat.No: 136421
The Dragon Singers 37th Annual Concert
El Cerrito, CA: The Dragon Singers, 2010. [26p.], staplebound program booklet, 8.5x11 inches, very good. Includes biographies of performers from the Asian American choral group and lyrics to the songs, in both Chinese and English. More
Cat.No: 217201
Du'o'ng vao hôn nhân
Orange, CA: Trung Tâm Công Giáo Viet Nam Giáo Phan Orange / Vietnamese Catholic Center, 2000. 133p., very good in wraps, text in Vietnamese. OCLC lists only a single holding of an earlier edition. Vietnamese-American work on Catholicism and marriage. More
Cat.No: 171844
Dun feng wen yi
San Francisco: Dun feng wen yi she [Tun Feng Poetry Society], 1995. 309p., wraps, corners of several pages have fold creases from having been bent to mark pages. OCLC lists holdings of later volumes in the series, this being the first. Collection of Chinese-language poetry and works of art (reproduced..... More
Cat.No: 188122
Dun feng wen yi she: sishi zhou nian shu hua te kan
San Francisco: Dun feng wen yi she, 2005. 126p., very good in wraps, 8.5x11 inches; text in Chinese. Illustrated book marking the fortieth anniversary of the Chinese-American literature and arts society. Includes samples of calligraphy and painting by many members. More
Cat.No: 188021
East West news: volume 23, number 5, February 2, 1989
San Francisco: East West Cinese American Journal, 1989. 16p., 11.25x15 inch tabloid newspaper, illustrated with photos and ads, ftext in English and Chinese, olded. Articles on survivors of the Stockton Massacre, a Vietnam refugee, Nisei GIs celebrating 29th anniversary. More
Cat.No: 98457
East/West; the Chinese-American journal. Vol. 4 no. 20 (May 13, 1970)
San Francisco: East-West Pub. Co., 1970. Tabloid format newspaper, 20 pages, horizontal fold, some edgewear. Cover story on Asian American participation in protests following the US invasion of Cambodia and Kent State. More
Cat.No: 248419
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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