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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![Qiao xun 僑訊 [nine issues] 九期](/pictures/medium/182093.jpg?v=1525756265)
Qiao xun 僑訊 [nine issues] 九期
Taibei: Huaqiao jiuguo lianhe zonghui 華僑救國聯合總會, 1980-82. Nine issues of the Chinese-language newspaper targeting overseas Chinese, with patriotic Taiwanese anti-communist articles and occasional selections in English for younger people and others whose Chinese has grown rusty. Issues present are Oct. 21 (with a pictorial supplement page that has been clipped)..... More
Cat.No: 182093
![Qing hua wen yi 青華文藝 [nos. 15-21] 第15-21期](/pictures/medium/186505.jpg?v=1508645374)
Qing hua wen yi 青華文藝 [nos. 15-21] 第15-21期
San Francisco: Association of Modern Chinese Literature and Arts of North America 北美中華新文藝學會, 2004-2010. Seven issues of the annual publication, each in glossy-covered staplebound magazine format, collecting writing and art by Chinese immigrants. Text in Chinese. More
Cat.No: 186505
Qing zhu Zhao Yuanren xian sheng liu shi wu sui lun wen ji / Studies presented to Yuen Ren Chao on his sixty-fifth birthday 慶祝趙元任先生六十五歲論文集 Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, v. 29, pt. 1-2 歷史語言研究所集刊第二十九本
Taipei: Academia Sinica, 1957, 1958. Two volumes in wraps, evenly toned, covers mildly foxed and worn, text in Chinese with a few English articles, table of contents in English. Papers in honor of Chao (Zhao Yuanren), the Chinese American linguist who helped to develop pinyin. Topics include philology, dialect studies..... More
Cat.No: 189570
RAMS: Richmond Area Multi-Services, Inc.
San Francisco: RAMS, [2000s]. Six 8.5x11 inch sheets stapled upper-left corner and printed one-side-only with detailed information about the Asian American service organization, short ink note on page 1 otherwise good informational handout on cream stock. The organization formed in the Richmond District of San Francisco in 1974 by the..... More
Cat.No: 230317
Report of the San Francisco Chinese Community Citizens' Survey and Fact Finding Committee (abridged edition). Co-chairmen: Lim P. Lee, Albert Lim, H. K. Wong. Project Coordinator: Alessandro Baccari
San Francisco: The Committee, 1969. iii, 227p., very good in wraps. More
Cat.No: 10018
Report of the San Francisco Chinese Community Citizens' Survey and Fact Finding Committee (abridged edition). Co-chairmen: Lim P. Lee, Albert Lim, H. K. Wong. Project Coordinator: Alessandro Baccari
San Francisco: The Committee, 1969. iii, 227p., mildly worn wraps. More
Cat.No: 184818
Resource booklet of services for Chinatown residents
San Francisco: Chinatown Housing and Health Research Project, 1980. 107p., very good in wraps, 11x8.5 inches oblong. Second edition. Bilingual text. More
Cat.No: 191188
Sadakas and beyond: connecting the past to inspire the future
Honolulu: Filipino American National Historical Society, 2006. Folder containing materials from the 11th biennial conference of the Society, including a 52-page program, a 32-page program supplement, and fliers from related events and organizations. More
Cat.No: 207084
Saigon Houston Directory / Nien giam Saigon Houston. 2006
Houston, TX: the directory, 2006. 578p., wraps. Directory for the Vietnamese-American community in the Houston area. More
Cat.No: 163534
San Francisco 1984 Ethnic Dance Festival at the historic Herbst Theatre, May 31 & June 1-3
San Francisco: Presented by City Celebration Inc., and the SF Hotel Tax Fund, 1984. Magazine. 28p., 8.5x11 inches, illustrations, photos, schedule, advertising, credits, lightly-worn event program in stapled pictorial black wraps. More
Cat.No: 209040
San Francisco Nichi Bei Times; Japanese American Daily number 6869 Saturday, October 18, 1975
San Francisco: Nichi Bei Times, 1975. 4p. in English, 4p. folded in in Japanese, 11.5x17 inches folded in half, tabloid newsprint with articles, advertising, photos etc. Ex-library copy. More
Cat.No: 113824
San Furanshisuko oyobi kita Kariforunia kanko annai
San Francisco, CA: Nichi Bei Times, 1964. 64p., wraps; B&W photos. Travel guide published by the SF-based Japanese-language newspaper, covering San Francisco and Northern California. Text in Japanese. More
Cat.No: 142249
The Scooper: an Asian American publication. Vol. 2 no. 2 (October 1975)
Los Angeles: Asian American Studies Center, UCLA, 1975. 20p., staplebound wraps, very good. Student publication, with an article celebrating the 26th anniversary of the communist revolution in China, a piece on a child care center in LA, poetry, and coverage of local activism. More
Cat.No: 218459
Sex roles: persistence and change, in The journal of social issues, 1976, vol. 32, no. 3: Asian Americans: a success story
Ann Arbor: Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, 1973. 228p., wraps, lightly worn and soiled else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 81265
Shades of power: newsletter of the Institute for Multiracial Justice [five issues]
San Francisco: Institute for Multiracial Justice, 1998-2002. Five issues of the 8.5x11 inch newsletter; very good. Numbers present are vol. 1 no. 3 and 4, vol. 2 no. 2, Fall 2001 (from after 9/11), and Summer 2002. Contributions by Leonard Peltier, Diane Fujino, Betita Martinez and others. More
Cat.No: 248382
Shades of power: newsletter of the Institute for Multiracial Justice [six issues]
San Francisco: Institute for Multiracial Justice, 1998-2002. Six issues of the 8.5x11 inch newsletter; very good. Numbers present are vol. 1 no. 3 and 4, vol. 2 no. 2, Summer and Fall 2001 (the latter from after 9/11), and Summer 2002. Contributions by Leonard Peltier, Diane Fujino, Betita Martinez and..... More
Cat.No: 248381
Shang bao / Chinese Commercial News. Vol. 1 no. 12
San Francisco: the newspaper, 1976. Single issue of the weekly newspaper published at 640 Kearny, 20p., tabloid format; horizontal fold, evenly toned. More
Cat.No: 248722
Shao nian Zhongguo chen bao wu shi zhou nian ji nian zhuan kan / The Young China morning paper 50th anniversary (1910-1960) 少年中國晨報五十週年紀念專刊
San Francisco: Young China, 1960. 598p., hardcover, very good; includes black and white photos of SF Chinatown people and activities. Text in Chinese. Front endpaper has the ownership stamp of Philip Choy, the architect better known for his work on Chinese American history. More
Cat.No: 242215
Shao nian Zhongguo chen bao wu shi zhou nian ji nian zhuan kan / The Young China morning paper 50th anniversary (1910-1960) 少年中國晨報五十週年紀念專刊
San Francisco: Young China, 1960. 598p., hardcover, mild edgewear, ownership inscription penned on textblock edge; includes black and white photos of SF Chinatown people and activities. Text in Chinese. More
Cat.No: 242216
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Shi shi te kan [News Special] 時事特刊 No. 4 (June 10, 1970) 第四期（一九七〇年六月十日）
Berkeley, CA: the newspaper, 1970. Single issue of the tabloid-format Chinese-language newspaper issued by radical students and community organizers in Berkeley, 4 pages. Paper lightly toned, still supple. Rare and important periodical representing the radicalization of foreign (primarily Hong Kong) and Chinese-American students at Berkeley; many of the students involved..... More
Cat.No: 157091
Shidai bao / San Francisco Journal. Vol. 4 no. 46
San Francisco: the newspaper, 1975. Single issue of the pro-Mainland weekly newspaper published at 927 Kearny, 16p., tabloid format; horizontal fold, evenly toned. More
Cat.No: 248721
Shidzuoka Japan Tea / Celebrated for purity and high quality. Served at the Japan Tea Houses at P. P. I. Exposition Grounds [folding fan]
[San Francisco]: [Shidzuoka Tea], [1915]. Printed advertisement on folding paper fan made for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, with portrayal of Mount Fuji and tea pickers on the other side. One of the wooden handles is missing the part below the pin at bottom. More
Cat.No: 228669
Signed: 'Yours for a genuine brotherhood.' A survey of discrimination in the health field in Los Angeles, with a foreword by leading . . . .laymen, ministers, educators, businessmen, trade unionists and employers
Hollywood: Southern California Chapter of the National Council of Arts, Sciences and Professions, [1950]. 39p., staplebound booklet, errata slip stapled in, covers toned. The Council's members included Charlotta Bass, Stephen Frichtman, members of the medical community and others. The survey covered Blacks, Hispanics, Asian Americans, Jews and women. More
Cat.No: 36902
"Simpson / Mazzoli II" - Nuevos ataques a los derechos de inmigrantes
Oakland: Bay Area Committee Against the Simpson / Mazzoli Bill; etc. 1983. Six-panel brochure opposing new legislation as a reprise of the 1982 Simpson / Mazzoli bill, which had called on employers to attest to employee immigration status and made it illegal to knowingly hire unauthorized immigrants. More
Cat.No: 246096
Singing your own song; the women, youth, children, and friends of Glide Memorial Church
San Francisco: the Church, 1995. 40p., illus. with photos, poetry by Janice Mirikitani, Maya Angelou, and other celebrity poets, cover art and book design by Nancy Hom, 9x10 inches, wraps. Back cover is irregularly sun-faded, else entirely sound, clean and unmarked. On the Church and its youth programs, with writings..... More
Cat.No: 93338
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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