The Accidental Asian: Notes of a Native Speaker, by Eric Liu (HC, 1998, $3)
Liu is an "'accidental Asian'- someone who has stumbled upon a sense of race, who is not always sure what to do with it."
Asian Americans: An Interpretive History, by Sucheng Chan (TPB, 1991, $2.50)
Chan " incisively examines the Asian American experience, weaving together the stories of Americans of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipino, and Asian Indian ancestry from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Chan includes an account of the influx of a million refugees and immigrants from Vietnam, Laos, and Kampuchea since 1975."
Strangers From a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans, by Ronald Takaki (TPB, 1989, $1, has 5 loose pages)
Takaki writes "of the Chinese who laid tracks for the transcontinental railroads, of plantation laborers in the cane fields of Hawaii, of 'picture brides' marrying strangers in hopes of becoming part of the American dream. The dark side of the dream is revealed, too, in stories of Japanese internment camps, Hmong refugees tragically unable to adjust to Wisconsin's alien climate and culture, and Asian American students victimized today by a resurgence of racism.
Look for these books on the new non-fiction table, avail. 12/14.
