Pacific Formations: Global Relations in Asian and Pacific Perspectives – serie
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14 produkter
As Borders Bend
Transnational Spaces on the Pacific Rim
Häftad, 2005
857 kr
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As do other mighty forces such as wars, nationalist aspirations, and the shifting courses of great rivers, globalization changes the world's borders by bending them out of shape and creating new transnational spaces. State political boundaries no longer draw the definitive line in people's lives …
Born in the USA
A Story of Japanese America, 1889-1947
Av Frank Chin
Häftad, 2002
737 kr
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This unique oral history presents the Japanese American saga as told by those who lived through it. Frank Chin details the lives of first and second generation Japanese Americans before World War II with a rich kaleidoscope of images drawn from interviews, popular songs, novels, and newspaper …
Chinese in Silicon Valley
Globalization, Social Networks, and Ethnic Identity
Inbunden, 2005
1707 kr
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The Chinese in Silicon Valley examines the complex and ever-growing role of Chinese American scientists and engineers in Silicon Valley. Globalization brings workers from many different countries and cultures together, impacting more than just their work environments. The Chinese who settle in …
Chinese in Silicon Valley
Globalization, Social Networks, and Ethnic Identity
Häftad, 2005
715 kr
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The Chinese in Silicon Valley examines the complex and ever-growing role of Chinese American scientists and engineers in Silicon Valley. Globalization brings workers from many different countries and cultures together, impacting more than just their work environments. The Chinese who settle in …
As Borders Bend
Transnational Spaces on the Pacific RIM
E-bok, 2005
963 kr
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As do other mighty forces such as wars, nationalist aspirations, and the shifting courses of great rivers, globalization changes the world''s borders by bending them out of shape and creating new transnational spaces. State political boundaries no longer draw the definitive line in people''s lives …
Chinese in Silicon Valley
Globalization, Social Networks, and Ethnic Identity
E-bok, 2005
803 kr
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The Chinese in Silicon Valley examines the complex and ever-growing role of Chinese American scientists and engineers in Silicon Valley. Globalization brings workers from many different countries and cultures together, impacting more than just their work environments. The Chinese who settle in …
What Is in a Rim?
Critical Perspectives on the Pacific Region Idea
Av Arif Dirlik
Häftad, 1998
984 kr
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This pathbreaking, multidisciplinary work challenges our unthinking acceptance of such terms as 'Asia Pacific' and 'Pacific Rim.' Clarifying the hidden power relationships and hegemonic struggles that are disguised by ideological constructions of the region, the contributors uncover fundamental …
Chinese on the American Frontier
Häftad, 2003
955 kr
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Chinese immigrants played a dynamic role in frontier America, yet scholars of Asian America have focused for the most part only on the Pacific Coast, especially California. This reader fills that gap by collecting memoirs, documents, and historical analyses from the other Western states—from the …
Displacing Natives
The Rhetorical Production of Hawai'i
Av Houston Wood
Häftad, 1999
715 kr
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This insightful study examines the strategies used by outsiders to usurp Hawaiian lands and undermine indigenous Hawaiian culture. Drawing upon historical and contemporary examples, Houston Wood investigates the journals of Captain Cook, Hollywood films, commercialized hula, Waikiki development …
Inside Out
Literature, Cultural Politics, and Identity in the New Pacific
Häftad, 1999
985 kr
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In a time of dynamism and contradiction in Pacific cultural production, a time of 'turning things over' and 'writing from the inside out,' this far-reaching volume provides a comprehensive set of essays and interviews on the emergent literatures of the New Pacific. With its dynamic combination of …
Encounters
People of Asian Descent in the Americas
Av Roshni Rustomji-Kerns, Rajini Srikanth m. fl.
Häftad, 1999
882 kr
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People of Asian descent have lived for centuries in North and South America, where they have been actively involved in the creation of multicultural, multiethnic societies. This groundbreaking anthology explores their experiences among ethnic and cultural groups in a unique collection of works by …
After Postcolonialism
Remapping PhilippinesDUnited States Confrontations
Häftad, 2000
607 kr
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This innovative analysis of the Philippine historical crisis is accompanied by a critique of a U.S. racial formation in which Filipinos constitute the largest Asian group. Literary and artistic expressions by Filipinos manifest a new emerging identity defined by the multicultural debates crossing …
Voyaging through the Contemporary Pacific
Av David Hanlon, Geoffrey M. White
Häftad, 2000
341 kr
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Long known for its vast geographic and cultural diversity, the Pacific Islands region today is witness to some of the most dramatic histories of decolonization and postcolonial development anywhere in the world. As new nations emerge_and struggle to emerge_political change is everywhere marked by …
Making of a Gay Asian Community
An Oral History of Pre-AIDS Los Angeles
Av Eric C. Wat
Häftad, 2001
341 kr
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In this unique oral history, gay Asian Americans talk frankly about their struggle for self-determination and independence. For the first time, in their own words, pioneers in the Los Angeles movement discuss the gay scene in Southern California and the development of a distinctly Asian American …
