Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
May 2007

A Hilton M. Briggs Library Resource Guide
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Background Excerpt

"Asian Pacific American Heritage Month was enacted by Public Law 102-450 on October 23, 1992. The purpose of the law was to honor the achievements of Asian/Pacific Americans and to recognize their contributions to the United States. This recognition was the culmination of Jeanie Jew's efforts in the 1970's to establish Asian Pacific American Heritage Week. Following the United States bicentennial in 1976, Jew realized that Asian Pacific Americans were ". . .were excluded from those stories during celebrations of the country's bicentennial. We were literally ignored even though we were part of building this country."

A year later, Jew enlisted the support of Rep. Frank Horton (R-NY) who, along with Rep. Norman Mineta, (D-CA), introduced House Resolution 540. This resolution proclaimed the first ten days of May as Asian Pacific American Heritage Week. Senators Daniel Inouye and Spark Matsunaga introduced similar legislation into the Senate.

May was selected for the recognition because two significant events in history took place in that month: Japanese immigrants first arrived in the United States on May 7, 1843, and the transcontinental railroad was completed on May 10, 1869 (Golden Spike Day). Furthermore, since school is still in session during May, educators could capitalize on the opportunity to include Asian Pacific American history into the curriculum.

On Oct. 2, 1978, President Jimmy Carter signed the Joint Resolution and the first Asian Pacific American Heritage Week was celebrated in May 1979. In 1992, the week was expanded to a month-long recognition when President George Bush signed the law permanently designating May of each year as Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. The law was unanimously supported by both the House of Representatives and the Senate."

~Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. 2004. The University of Kansas. 3 May 2004<http://www3.kumc.edu/diversity/ethnic_relig/apahm.html>.

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Selected Reference Sources - Located in the Reference Area on the Main Level

Call Number	Title / Author
REF PS153.M56 P42 1992	American Ethnic Literatures : Native American, African American, Chicano/Latino, and Asian American Writers and Their Backgrounds : an Annotated Bibliography.
REF E184.A1 A63448 1997	*American Immigrant Cultures : Builders of a Nation.*
REF DS5 .A79 1991	Asia and the Pacific.
REF E184.O6 A827 1995	The Asian American Encyclopedia
REF DS334.9 .C36 1989	The Cambridge Encyclopedia of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives.
REF GT3400 .C44 2002	Culture and Customs of China.
REF GT3400 .P54 2002	Culture and Customs of the Philippines.
REF GT3400 .T52 2004	Culture and Customs of Thailand.
REF DS31 .E53 1988	Encyclopedia of Asian history.
REF LB2338.F5644	Financial Aid for Asian Americans.
REF GT3410 .C44 2004	Food Culture in China.
REF GT3410 .J36 2003	Food Culture in Japan.
REF E184.A1 G14 2000	Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America.
REF JV6450 .I565 2006	Immigration in U. S. History
REF GN625 .M67 1993	Peoples of the World. Asians and Pacific Islanders : the Culture, Geographical Setting, and Historical Background of 41 Asian and Pacific Island Peoples.
REF GN333 .W67 1998	*Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life.*

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Selected Print Materials - Books are Located on the Upper Level, Government Documents are located on the lower level. Both are available for Checkout. E-Books are accessible online via the NetLibrary Database for SDSU Students, Faculty and Staff only - follow the links where indicated, and search for the book by title.

Call Number	Title / Author
E184.O6 D36 1988 Upper Level	Asian America : Chinese and Japanese in the United States since 1850 / Roger Daniels.
E184.O6 E24 1995 Upper Level	An Asian American Internet Guide.
E184 .O6A84 Upper Level	The Asian American : the Historical Experience : Essays / by Roger Daniels.
E184.O6 E875 1996 Upper Level	Asian American Women and Men : Labor, Laws and Love / Yen Le Espiritu
E184.O6 P26 1999 Upper Level	Asian/American : Historical Crossings of a Racial Frontier / David Palumbo-Liu.
Govt. Document HE 20.409/2:AS 4 Lower Level	Asian and Pacific Islander Americans / [produced by the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information - Substance Abuse Resource Guide
Govt. Document C 3.186/28:999 Lower Level	The Asian and Pacific Islander Population in the United States, March 1999 / by Karen Humes and Jesse McKinnon.
E184.O6 B37 1993 Upper Level	Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States / Herbert R. Barringer, Robert W. Gardner, Michael J. Levin.
Govt. Document HE 20.3615/2:95-3 Lower Level	Asian/Pacific Islander American Health : January 1990 through March 1995 : 1197 citations / prepared by Loretta D. Ulincy ... [et al.].
E184.C5 K45 2002 Upper Level	Becoming Asian American : Second-generation Chinese and Korean American Identities / Nazli Kibria.
F128.9.E2 K47 2002 Upper Level	Becoming American, Being Indian : an Immigrant Community in New York City / Madhulika S. Khandelwal.
F596.3.J3 A98 2005 Upper Level	Between Two Empires : Race, History, and Transnationalism in Japanese America / Eiichiro Azuma.
DS518.45 .B49 2006 Upper Level	Beyond Japan : the Dynamics of East Asian Regionalism / edited by Peter J. Katzenstein and Takashi Shiraishi.
PS508.A8 B54 1991 Upper Level	The Big Aiiieeeee! : an Anthology of Chinese American and Japanese American Literature.
HF5382.5.U5 H98 2005 Upper Level	Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling : Career Strategies for Asians : the Essential Guide to Getting in, Moving Up, and Reaching the Top / Jane Hyun.
E184.C5 C478 2006 Upper Level	Chinese American Transnationalism : the Flow of People, Resources, and Ideas between China and America during the Exclusion Era / edited by Sucheng Chan.
E184.C5 C479 2006 Upper Level	Chinese American Voices : from the Gold Rush to the Present / edited with introductions by Judy Yung, Gordon H. Chang, and Him Mark Lai.
Govt. Document HE 20.415/2:AS 4 Lower Level	Communicating Appropriately with Asian and Pacific Islander Audiences.
E184.O6 C666 2002 Upper Level	Contemporary Asian American Communities : Intersections and Divergences / edited by Linda Trinh Vo and Rick Bonus.
DS822.5 .C656 2005 Upper Level	Contemporary Japanese Thought / edited by Richard F. Calichman.
BF637.C6 S85 2003 Upper Level	Counseling the Culturally Diverse : Theory and Practice / Derald Wing Sue, David Sue.
GT525 .L96 1999 Upper Level	Dress, Gender and Cultural Change : Asian American and African American Rites of Passage / Annette Lynch.
E184.A75 E17 2005 Upper Level	East Main Street : Asian American popular culture / edited by Shilpa Davé, LeiLani Nishime, and Tasha G. Oren ; foreword by Robert G. Lee.
JV6450 .P35 2004 Upper Level	Elusive Citizenship : Immigration, Asian Americans, and the Paradox of Civil Rights / John S.W. Park.
E29.O6 E53 1999 Upper Level	*Encounters : People of Asian Descent in the Americas.*
E-Book NetLibrary	Faithful Generations [electronic resource] : Race and New Asian American Churches / Russell Jeung ; foreword by Robert N. Bellah.
E184.O6 T8 1998 Upper Level	Forever Foreigners or Honorary Whites? : the Asian Ethnic Experience Today / Mia Tuan.
E184.C5 V36 2006 Upper Level	Global Spaces of Chinese Culture : Diasporic Chinese Communities in the United States and Germany / Sylvia Van Ziegert.
PS508.A8 G76 1993 Upper Level	*Growing Up Asian American : an Anthology.*
E184.J3 F8335 2005 Upper Level	Heartbeat of Struggle : the Revolutionary Life of Yuri Kochiyama / Diane C. Fujino.
RC662 .I53 1996 Upper Level	*Indian & Pakistani Food Practices, Customs, and Holidays.*
HF5382.5.U5 K37 1993 Upper Level	The Minority Career Guide : What African Americans, Hispanics, and Asian Americans Must Know to Succeed in Corporate America / Michael F. Kastre, Nydia Rodriguez Kastre, and Alfred G. Edwards.
E184.J3 V3 2000 Upper Level	Pacific Pioneers : Japanese Journeys to America and Hawaii, 1850-80 / John E. Van Sant
E184.E2 J46 1988 Upper Level	Passage from India : Asian Indian Immigrants in North America / Joan M. Jensen.
JV6475 .R45 2004 Upper Level	Reinventing the Melting Pot : the New Immigrants and What It Means to be American / edited by Tamar Jacoby.
LC2632 .S87 1998 Upper Level	Struggling to be Heard : the Unmet Needs of Asian Pacific American Children / edited by Valerie Ooka Pang, Li-Rong Lilly Cheng.
E184.O6 T43 1998 Upper Level	*Teaching Asian America : Diversity and the Problem of Community.*
E-Book NetLibrary	Tell this Silence [electronic resource] : Asian American Women Writers and the Politics of Speech / by Patti Duncan.
Govt. Document C 3.2:AM 3/13 Lower Level	We the American-- : Asians
Govt. Document C 3.2:AM 3/15 Lower Level	We the American-- : Pacific Islanders.
PS153.S68 S73 2004 Upper Level	The World Next Door : South Asian American Literature and the Idea of America / Rajini Srikanth.

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Internet Resources

Web Site Title	Web Address
Ancestors in the Americas - PBS Series	http://www.pbs.org/ancestorsintheamericas/
Asian American Arts Alliance	http://www.aaartsalliance.org/index.html
Asian American Cultural Center - Yale University	http://www.yale.edu/aacc/
Asian American Quotations	http://janet.org/~ebihara/aacyber_quotes.html
Asian Pacific American Heritage Association	http://www.apaha.org/
Asian Pacific American Heritage Council	http://www.apahcinc.org/
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month - Infoplease.Com	http://www.infoplease.com/spot/asianhistory1.html
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month - Smithsonian Education	http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/heritage_month/index.html
Asian Pacific American Network	http://www.apanet.org/
Asia Society	http://www.asiasociety.org/
AsianWeek - The Voice of Asian America	http://news.asianweek.com/news/
Census Bureau Data - from Infoplease.Com	http://www.infoplease.com/spot/asiancensus1.html
Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans	http://www.capaonline.org/
Data on Asian/Pacific Islander Veterans	http://www1.va.gov/vetdata/docs/API2000.doc
Department of Defense - Asian Pacific American Heritage Month	http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/asianpacific03/
Department of Veteran's Affairs - Asian Pacific American Heritage Month	http://www.va.gov/dmeeo/calendar/napahm.htm
National Association of Asian American Professionals	http://www.naaap.org/
National Park Service - Asian Pacific American Heritage Month	http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/feature/asia/
Pacific Islanders' Cultural Association	http://pica-org.org/
Presidential Proclamation - 2007	http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/04/20070426-11.html
Prominent Asian Pacific Americans - By U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer	http://boxer.senate.gov/apa/prof.cfm
Quiz - Asian Pacific American History - Infoplease.Com	http://www.infoplease.com/spot/quiz/asian1/1.html
Timeline of Asian American History - Infoplease.Com	http://www.infoplease.com/spot/asiantimeline1.html

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Content contributed April 2001 by Laura M. Wight.
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Last updated on 4 May 2007 by mcg.