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Asian Americans: Oral Histories of First to Fourth Generation Americans from China, the Philippines, Japan, India, the Pacific Islands, Vietnam and Cambodia

Since the first three documented Chinese arrived in the U.S. in 1848, more than six million Asians have followed. Their stories provide a fascinating picture of diverse cultural attitudes against a common American backdrop.

Conflict of Loyalties: A Personal Memoir of Life and Internment During World War II

Personal diary of Kamekichi Tokita Written from December 1941 - 1944. Memoir of Internment Manuscript copy - published as Signs of Home: The Paintings and Wartime Diary of Kamekichi Tokita See 2003.500.1123

Su Dongpo: Chinese Genius

A biography of Su Dongpo, Chinese poet, civil engineer, and statesman, whose appreciation for nature and justice were evident in his works and led him to experience both triumph and adversity in 11th century China

Shanghai Messenger

A free-verse novel about eleven-year-old Xiao Mei's visit with her extended family in China, where the Chinese-American girl finds many differences but also the similarities that bind a family together.