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020			_z1566390494 _q(alk. paper)
020			_z1566391830 _q(pbk.)
020			_z9781566391832 _q(pbk.)
020			_z9781566390491 _qhardcover
020			_z9781566391832 _qpaperback
020			_a9781439903742 _qebook
024	7		_aheb40069 _2hdl
040			_aMiU _beng _cMiU
100	1		_aWei, William, _d1948- _eauthor. _927968
245	1	4	_aThe Asian American movement / _cWilliam Wei.
264		1	_aPhiladelphia : _bTemple University Press, _c1993.
300			_a1 online resource (xvi, 355 pages) : _billustrations
336			_aText _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aComputermedien _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aOnline Resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aAsian American history and culture
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 281-335) and index.
505	0		_aOrigins of the movement -- Who am I? creating an Asian American identity and culture -- Race versus gender: the Asian American women's movement -- Speaking out: the Asian American alternative press -- Activists and the development of Asian American studies -- "To serve the people": reformers and community-based organizations -- The emergence and eclipse of Maoist organizations -- From radical to electoral politics: the Asian American odyssey for empowerment.
520			_aLargely unexamined until recently, the Asian American Movement has been active for more than two decades. William Wei traces to the late 1960s the initial genesis of an Asian American identity, culture, and activism through which members of this pan-Asian group could assert their right to belong to and be respected as responsible members of this society. Although its antecedents were the civil rights and Black Power movements, the Asian American Movement actually resulted from the protests against the Vietnam War and the emergence of a generation of college-aged Chinese and Japanese Americans. In this definitive study of the Asian American Movement, Wei fills an important gap in our knowledge of ethnic social movements and the struggle to achieve American cultural democracy. Lacking a nationally known leader but confronted by many shared issues and concerns, the Asian American Movement was essentially a middle-class reform effort to achieve racial equality, social justice, and political empowerment. It focused on ethnic solidarity and self-empowerment through political activism, educational and community development, and cultural expressions. While the Movement was most visible on the West Coast, notably at the Third World Strike at San Francisco State College in 1968, it became a vital force simultaneously on campuses and in Asian American communities throughout the country. Wei evaluates the Movement's effort to develop a unique but cohesive ethnic identity and the internal struggles between reformist and revolutionary approaches to social change. He analyzes the Asian American women's movement, the alternative press, Asian American studies programs, community-based organizations, and Maoist sects. His study concludes with an examination of Asian American involvement in electoral politics and the quest for political empowerment. Interviews with many of the key participants in the Movement and photographs of Asian American demonstrations and events enhance Wei's portrayal of the development and breadth of the Movement and the conflicts within it. Exploring regional differences; issues of ethnicity, class, and gender; and the transition from radical to electoral politics, Wei's comprehensive study is the first book to examine systematically the coming-to-consciousness and mobilization of Asian Americans.
542			_nAll rights reserved.
650		0	_xPolitics and government. _927969
650		0	_xSocial conditions. _927970
655		4	_aElectronic books.
733	0		_tACLS Humanities E-Book. _nURL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org/
830		0	_aAsian American history and culture. _927971
830		0	_aACLS Humanities E-Book. _927972
856	4	0	_uhttps://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb40069 _zVolltext
942			_cEB
500			_aE-Book-ACLS / Zugriff nur im DHI-Lesesaal
653			_aAsian Americans
653			_aAsian Americans
041			_aeng
500			_aAmerican Council of Learned Societies/ https://www.humanitiesebook.org/about/
999			_c63596 _d63596