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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Multi-cultural Issues in Mental Health Services: strategies towards equity. Report...
[Sacramento]: State of California Health and Welfare Agency, Department of Mental Health, Citizens Advisory Council, October, 1979. Paperback. iii, 171p., 8.5x11 inches, foreword, introduction, overview, summaries, discussions, conclusion, appendice, stables, very good trade paperback in white decorative wraps. More
Cat.No: 229509
Muses: an exhibition organized by Betty Ann Brown. Armory Center...
Pasadena: Armory Center for the Arts, 1995. Pamphlet. 59p., stapled wraps, 7.5x10 inches, illus. with examples of the artists' installations, wraps lightly worn else very good condition. The exhibition paired women writers with women artists, and reflected the area's growing multicultural community: African American, lesbian and Asian American contributors participated..... More
Cat.No: 286395
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. 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 small..... 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; 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
News 'n Notes: December 1985
Los Angeles: Chinese Historical Society of Southern California, 1985. Newsletter. [5p.], stapled, 8.5x11 inches. Staple lightly rusted, crease in middle from folding, small note in pen on first page noting paid dues, else very good. Discusses the Society's annual Christmas party, the release of books on the Chinese American experience..... More
Cat.No: 281554
NeXGeneration: Da magazine of truth from da youth, #3, Summer...
Oakland: East Bay Asian Youth Center, 2001. Paperback. 83 pg. paperback, 9" x 6". Previous owner's writing on title page, else good. CD with 5 audio stories inlaid in back cover. Includes musings, fashion advice, book reviews, recipes and other writing from teenagers living in the East Bay. More
Cat.No: 275260
NeXGeneration: Da magazine of truth from da youth, #4, Fall...
Oakland: East Bay Asian Youth Center, 2001. Paperback. 116 pg. paperback, 9" x 6". Acknowledgements page partially cut and is loose from binding, bottom fore-edge is heavily warped, else good. Includes reactions to September 11th attacks, writings against drugs and gambling, and other essays and stories from East Bay teenagers..... More
Cat.No: 275262
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
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
Oeji: chaemi siin chakp'umjip no. 2
Seoul: Ch'ŏnghan, 1990. 171p., very good in wraps, text in Korean. Poetry by Koreans abroad, mostly in California. More
Cat.No: 175102
One IGLA bulletin #3-5, Fall 1997 - Summer 1998 [3...
West Hollywood: One Institute/International Gay and Lesbian Archives, 1998. Three issues, various pagination 8.5x11 inches, photos, ads, very good newsletter in pastebound wraps. One issue contains a celebration of Jim Kepner's life. Kepner had passed away in November 1997. Rear cover of issue #3 is in Chinese and represents the..... More
Cat.No: 199905
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 Affairs: Journal of the Institute of Pacific Relations, Vol...
Honolulu: Institute of Pacific Relations, 1934. Magazine. One issue, pp251-368, wraps, 6x9 inches, showing some minor edge and shelf wear, else in good condition. Article on the San Francisco General Strike by Paul S. Taylor, "Siamese Revolution", "Chinese in Malaysia" and more. The Institute of Pacific Relations had many Communists..... More
Cat.No: 286660
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
Pacific and Asian women, resources for ministry: Proceedings from the...
Berkeley: Pacific and Asian American Center for Theology and Strategies (PACTS), 1981. 88p., staplebound wraps, 11x8.5 inches. More
Cat.No: 204803
Pangaea. The first issue
Berkeley: United People of Color, 1990. 43p., staplebound journal, very good, 8.5x11 inches. Contributions by students activists at UC Berkeley. More
Cat.No: 221104
Pao bao / Power news 炮報 January 1989 一九八九年一月...
San Francisco: United Service Council, 1989. Single issue of the Chinese-language newspaper, contents mostly devoted to San Francisco's local Chinatown news, but with a harsh editorial on the Chiang "dynasty" of Taiwan on the cover page. The English title is a riff on the Chinese "Pao," which means cannon; the..... More
Cat.No: 182092
Paul Wong: Chinaman's Peak: Walking the Mountain
Banff: Walter Phillips Gallery, 1993. Paperback. 25p., wraps, 4.75x7.5 inches. Ex-libris with stamp inside cover, light handling wear to wraps, else very good. Illustrated with b&w photographs. Exhibition catalog with essay by Larissa Lai. Hell Bank Note glued on back of contribution page. More
Cat.No: 281220
Pembela Pemau Jilid 3 bilangan 3
[Baton Rouge-?]: the newsletter, [1975]. 27p., 8.5x11 inch sheets stapled at upper left, very good. OCLC lists only one incomplete run at Northern Illinois University, missing this issue. Text in Malay and English. No place of publication stated, but a poem includes the line "Let's examine the roots / of..... More
Cat.No: 167350
[Pinback button for the memorial service of Yuri Kochiyama]
[Oakland]: [Eastside Cultural Center], [2014]. 1.5 inch diameter pin with portrait of Kochiyama speaking into a microphone, very good. According to our source, a longtime friend of Kochiyama, these pins were produced for her memorial service. Lifelong activist Yuri Kochiyama is perhaps most instantly identified as the woman holding the..... More
Cat.No: 203229
Pocket Guide to Minority Health Resources
Rockville, MD: US Dept. of Health & Human resources, Public Healthe Service, Office of Minority Health, 1995. Paperback. 102p., 3.75x6.5 inches, services and resources listings, very good pocketbook paperback in green wraps. State contacts, clearinghouses, organizations, materials, colleges etc. More
Cat.No: 230021
The Poetry Project Flyer
New York: The Poetry Project, n.d. Handbill. Single sheet, double-sided, 8.5x11 inches. Small crease on upper corner, else very good. One side advertises "MOVEMENT WORKSHOP FOR POET WITH YOSHIKO CHUMA" with back side advertising "LANGUAGE/SITE/WORLD a lecture by Robert Grenier." Part of the St Mark's Church Poetry Project. Chuma is..... More
Cat.No: 281836
Portraits of Pride II: Chinese-American Legacies, First 160 Years in...
Los Angeles: Chinese Historical Society of Southern California, 2011. Hardcover. xiii, 288p., hardcover in dust jacket, 10.25x10.25 inches, very good. Illustrated profusely with b&w and color photographs, CD in rear pocket. Features profiles of Chinese American scientists, musicians, and artists including Maya Lin, Yo-Yo Ma, Michelle Kwan, and I.M. Pei..... More
Cat.No: 190711
The laughter of my father
Bulosan, Carlos
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