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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![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]](http://www.bolerium.com/pictures/thumb/196947.jpg?v=1484087302)
East Asian and Amerasian liberation: Proceedings, second conference on East Asian and Amerasian theology, Monday, February 3, 1975, Trinity United Methodist Church, Berkeley, California
Oakland: Asian Center for Theology and Strategies, 1975. 50p., wraps, 8.5x11 inches, very good, plastic comb binding. Edited by Roy I. Sano. Discussion by various contributors of the role of Asian social movements on Asian Americans, especially leftist movements in Korean and the Philippines. More
Cat.No: 204826
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 Wind: politics and culture of Asians in the US. Vol. 1 no. 2 (Fall/Winter 1982)
San Francisco: Getting Together Publications, 1982. 64p., mildly worn wraps. Progressive Asian-American publication, this issue focusing on immigration. More
Cat.No: 173364
An Eastern potpourri: selected gourmet recipes
[San Pablo, CA]: Asian Student Union of Contra Costa College, [197-]. Unpaginated booklet with black plastic comb binding, mildly worn. More
Cat.No: 193613
Education and Culture Foundation
Monterey Park, CA: the Foundation, [200-]. 18p. in English, 18p. in Chinese, very good in wraps, 8.5x11 inches, many photos. On the charitable organization founded by Paul Szeto (Situ Chaozheng). More
Cat.No: 182096
Education not deportation: impacts of New York City school safety policies on South Asian immigrant youth
Jackson Heights, NY: Desis Rising Up and Moving (DRUM), 2006. 78p. plus appendices and endnotes, 8.5x11 inches, very good in wraps, black plastic comb binding. Laid in are a brochure introducing DRUM, and vol. 3 no. 1 of the group's newsletter. More
Cat.No: 204838
English-Japanese parallel: a Sunday service
Nashville: Discipleship Resources, 1982. viii, 53 p., very good in staplebound wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches. More
Cat.No: 204829
Ethnic media; their influence on politics and participation, the 2010 Breaux Symposium
Baton Rouge: LSU Manship School of Mass Communication, 2010. 100p., very good in wraps. Multicultural symposium, with primarily Asian American participants. More
Cat.No: 163541
![Expose the crimes of the Marcos Dictatorship [handbill]](/pictures/medium/213901.jpg?v=1491264469)
Expose the crimes of the Marcos Dictatorship [handbill]
Chicago: Human Rights Alliance Against Martial Law, 1977. 8.5x11 inch handbill, very good. Calls for a "Public trial of Marcos" in the form of skits based on incidents of torture and other crimes against dissidents. More
Cat.No: 213901
Family Cookbook. 30th Anniversary 1949-1979
Honolulu, HI: Hawaii Baptist Academy, 1979. 172p., cookbook with card covers and a plastic comb binding, brief personal inscription, otherwise very good. Many contributors are Japanese-American. More
Cat.No: 228796
Family Newsletter / Jiating tongxun no. 23 (July 1974)
San Francisco: Asian Community Center, 1974. 26p., staplebound wraps, 7x8.5 inches, text in English and Chinese. Updates on the Lee Mah strike in Chinatown, critique of traditional views on women, a protest against school busing and integration, a column on food and health, and more. More
Cat.No: 208112
FANHS Forum: Journal of Filipino American National Historical Society. Vol. 1 no. 2 (July 1992)
Cincinnati: FANHS, 1992. 57p., staplebound wraps, 8.5x11 inches, very good. "Across the generations: an image-building profile of FANHS." More
Cat.No: 216689
Favorite island cookery
Honolulu: Honpa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple, 1973. xviii, 154p, spiral-bound wraps in very good condition. The first volume in what became a series. More
Cat.No: 118265
Favorite island cookery. Book III
Honolulu: Honpa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple, 1973-79. xii, 296p., very good in spiral-bound wraps. More
Cat.No: 187926
![Filipino American Arts Exposition and Center for the Arts, Yerba Buena Gardens, present Teatro ng Tanan's production of PeregriNasyon: Is America in the heart? A play about the enduring spirit of Filipinos and their struggle for a place to call home [poster]](/pictures/medium/208184.jpg?v=1484089516)
Filipino American Arts Exposition and Center for the Arts, Yerba Buena Gardens, present Teatro ng Tanan's production of PeregriNasyon: Is America in the heart? A play about the enduring spirit of Filipinos and their struggle for a place to call home [poster]
San Francisco: Filipino American Arts Exposition, [1994]. 18x24 inch poster for the play by Chris D. Millado, featuring a vintage photograph. Very good. More
Cat.No: 208184
The Filipino Immigrant Handbook for Filipinos immigrating to the United States of America. A project of the Commission on Filipinos Overseas & AT&T
Trenton NJ: the Commission and AT&T, 2000. 80p., high-gloss paperstock throughout, 7.5x5.3 inch decorated white wraps, slight edgewear, a very good copy. More
Cat.No: 176862
Filipinos at work. 1990 calendar
Oakland: Filipinos for Affirmative Action, [1989]. Wall calendar with hole punched for hanging from a nail; black and white photos of Filipino-Americans in various work settings. 9.2x14 inches when folded shut. More
Cat.No: 207468
Fomen / Buddha Gate 2002
Lafayette, CA: Buddha Gate Monastery, 2002. 86p., very good in wraps, 8.5x11 inches; numerous photos. Text mostly in Chinese. Introduction to the Buddhist temple and those who work there. More
Cat.No: 182081
![Fong Fong Chinese Cookies [label for cookie tin]](/pictures/medium/202862.jpg?v=1536714665)
Fong Fong Chinese Cookies [label for cookie tin]
San Francisco: Fong Fong Bakery, [196-?]. Approximately 15x5.5 inch pictorial label for cookies made at the Chinatown bakery and ice cream shop that opened in the 1930s. Style appears to be 1960s; phone number has letter prefix GA. More
Cat.No: 202862
Foreign medical graduates: a case of retributive justice
New York: Emergency Defense Committee for the FMGs, [1975-?]. 27p., wraps, with laid in slip, "State Department Interpretation" Defense of medical workers with degrees from the Philippines and other countries who were being pressured to leave the US. More
Cat.No: 124549
Foreign medical graduates: a case of retributive justice
New York: Emergency Defense Committee for the FMGs, [1975-?]. 27p., wraps, with laid in slip, "State Department Interpretation" Defense of medical workers with degrees from the Philippines and other countries who were being pressured to leave the US. More
Cat.No: 204943
![[Four matchbooks from San Francisco Chinatown restaurants]](/pictures/medium/197605.jpg?v=1535767903)
[Four matchbooks from San Francisco Chinatown restaurants]
San Francisco: various, n.d. Four matchbooks from restaurants on Grant Avenue, all with phone numbers starting with YUkon, very good. Restaurants are Andy Wong's Chinese Sky Room, Lamps of China, Kan's, and Gong Gong. Might have to remove the actual matches before mailing for safety; a moot point if you..... More
Cat.No: 197605
Gagaku: the music and dances of the Japanese imperial household
San Francisco: Japan Society of San Francisco; Consulate General of Japan, with the cooperation of the Society for Asian Art and the San Francisco Ballet, 1959. [16p.], staplebound wraps, overwrap of Japanese Haruki paper with printed title, untrimmed edges. Program for the event, including several ads for local Japanese restaurants. More
Cat.No: 204904
General management plan newsletter: number 2, March 2003: The Minidoka Monument
Hagerman, ID: National Park Service U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Minidoka National Monument, 2003. 8p. including covers, 11.25x13.5 inches, illustrated with b&w photos and a map/plan of the camp, very good in original semigloss wraps. Oversized newsletter of articles, photos, plans and news concerning the internment camp in Hagerman, Idaho..... More
Cat.No: 97018
Gidra. January 1971
Los Angeles: Gidra, Inc., 1971. Single issue of the radical Asian-American newspaper, 20p., evenly toned, minor edgewear, horizontal fold. This issue is devoted to issues of women's liberation, including GIs and women in Asia, Asian American women workers, and more. More
Cat.No: 227591
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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