Videos
Ancestors in the Americas – Part 1 (2001) (62 mins) – Part one travels across oceans and centuries of time to trace the globally interlocking story of East and West – from a village in Guangdong Province and Spanish military barracks in Manila to a Chinese cemetery in Havana and the Peabody Museum in Salem, Massachusetts. COOLIES, SAILORS AND SETTLERS explores how and why people from the Philippines, China and India first arrived on the shores of North and South America, and it portrays their survival amid harsh conditions, their re-migrations, and finally their permanent settlement in the New World. – from the producer
Asian Americans (2020) -- This PBS series traces the story of Asian Americans, spanning 150 years of immigration, racial politics, and cultural innovation. It is a timely look at the role that Asian Americans have played in defining who we are as a nation. – From the producer
Breaking Through (53:17) -- At the turn of the millennium, Asian Americans have become the fastest growing population in the U.S. It is a time of tremendous change, as the country tackles urgent debates over immigration, race and economic disparity. – From the producer
Good Americans (56:09) -- During the Cold War years, Asian Americans are simultaneously heralded as a Model Minority, and suspected as the perpetual foreigner. It is also a time of ambition, as Asian Americans aspire for the first time to national political office. – From the producer
Generation Rising (56:10) -- During a time of war and social tumult, a young generation fights for equality in the fields, on campuses and in the culture, and claim a new identify: Asian Americans. The aftermath of the Vietnam War brings new immigrants and refugees. – From the producer
Breaking Ground (56:13) -- In an era of U.S. expansion, new immigrants arrive from China, India, Japan, the Philippines and beyond. Eventually barred by anti-Asian laws, they become America’s first “undocumented immigrants.” – From the producer
A Question of Loyalty (56:07) -- An American-born generation straddles their birth country and their familial homelands in Asia. Family loyalties are tested during WWII, when Japanese Americans are held in detention camps and brothers are on opposite sides of the battle. – From the producer
Books
Asian American History and Culture : An Encyclopedia - Huping Ling and Allan W. Austin
Asian North American Identities : Beyond the Hyphen - Eleanor Ty and Donald C. Goellnicht
Asian-American Writers – Harold Bloom
Asian American Chronology : Chronologies of the American Mosaic - Xiaojian Zhao
Aspiring to Home : South Asians in America - Bakirathi Mani
The Color of Success : Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority – Ellen D. Wu
The Columbia Guide to Asian American History – Gary Okihiro
Crying in H Mart : a novel - Michelle Zauner (print book)
Encyclopedia of Asian American Folklore and Folklife - Jonathan H. X. Lee, Kathleen G. Nadeau
Inscrutable Belongings : Queer Asian North American Fiction - Stephen Hong Sohn
Joan Is Okay : a novel - Weike Wang (print book)
The Loneliest Americans - Jay Caspian Kang (print book)
The Making of Asian American : A History - Erica Lee (print book)
Making Asian American Film and Video : History, Institutions, Movements – Jun Okada
Minor Feelings : An Asian American Reckoning - Cathy Park Hong (print book)
Our Missing Hearts : a novel - Celeste Ng (print book)
Pinoy Capital : The Filipino Nation in Daly City – Benito Vergara
Race, Rights, and the Asian American Experience, 2nd ed. - Angelo N. Ancheta
Stay True : a memoir - Hua Hsu (print book)
The Valley of Amazement – Amy Tan (print book)
Voices of the Heart : Asian American Women on Immigration, Work, and Family - Huping Ling
When Half Is Whole : Multiethnic Asian American Identities - Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu
Websites
Asian-American, Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Heritage In The Collections - Smithsonian
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage - National Park Service
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month – National Archives
Asian American And Pacific Islander Studies Research Guides - Library of Congress
Asian Pacific American Heritage – Library of Congress
Asian Pacific Americans : Going For Broke - Library of Congress Veterans History Project Collection
Federal Asian Pacific American Council
National Association Of Asian American Professionals
Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center
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