Politics
- Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Congress, 1900-2017By Office of the Historian and Office of the Clerk, United States House of Representatives.
Impressive resource (2017) includes three-part history of Asian-Pacific members' countries from 1898 to 2017, with extensive research sources; detailed biographies of Asian-Pacific members of Congress, listed chronologically by year elected. Appendices include members listed by Congresses, State & Territory, Committees, Committee Chairs, and more; and appendix of Constitutional Amendments, Treaties, Executive Orders, and Major Acts of Congress Referenced in the Text. Includes Glossary and Index.
National Asian Pacific American Political Almanac 2014-2015 by
Call Number: E184.O6 N24 + (REF; in Asia reading room. Earlier editions in Asia stacks).Publication Date: 2015 ( Los Angeles, CA : UCLA Asian American Studies Center)A political directory of over 4,000 Asian Pacific American elected and major appointed officials at the federal, state, and local levels for 39 states, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands and Virgin Islands. Includes essays by prominent political scientists, commentators, and community-based electoral activists; voter exit polls; census data, and policy research reports. This issue is dedicated to the late Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii.Asian American Political Participation: Emerging Constituents and Their Political Identities by
Call Number: E184.A75 A841445 2011 (in Asia stacks)Publication Date: 2011 ( New York : Russell Sage Foundation)(Online also; click on title) [This book] is the most comprehensive study to date of Asian American political behavior, including such key measures as voting, political donations, community organizing, and political protests. The book examines why some groups participate while others do not, why certain civic activities are deemed preferable to others, and why Asian socioeconomic advantage has so far not led to increased political clout. Based on data from the authors' 2008 National Asian American Survey of more than 5,000 Chinese, Indian, Vietnamese, Korean, Filipino, and Japanese Americans. The book shows that the motivations for and impediments to political participation are as diverse as the Asian American population. Even among Asian groups, socioeconomic advantage does not necessarily translate into high levels of political participation.East Asian Americans and Political Participation by
Call Number: E184.A75 C49 2005Publication Date: 2005 (Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO)[This book] contains a chronology of East Asian American political history from pre-World War II and post-World War II, including protests, social movements, electoral politics, and political office holding at every level. Includes case studies of specific events and movements. Annotated bibliography; collection of primary documents with interpretative essaysAsian American Politics: Law, Participation, and Policy by
Call Number: E184.O6 A84145 2003 + (in Asia stacks)Publication Date: 2003 ( Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Pub).[This book] transcends simple questions of voting behavior and elective office, going all the way back to early immigration laws and all the way forward to ethnic targeting. For the first time, this book brings together original sources on key topics influencing Asian American politics, knit together by expert scholar.. Court cases, legislation, demographics, and key pieces on topics ranging from gender to Japanese American redress to the Los Angeles riots to Wen Ho Lee round out this innovative reader on a politically active group likely to grow in number and electoral impact.Asian Americans and Congress: A Documentary History by
Call Number: KF4848.A83 A96 1996 (Reference, Asia reading room)Publication Date: 1996 (Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press)Since 1790, Congressional legislation on federal immigration and naturalization policy has been harsh on Asian immigrants, although less so since 1965. This documentary history covers all major immigration laws passed by Congress since 1790. [Includes] an overview of the basis on which Congress has restricted Asian immigration; discussions of particular immigration legislation, showing the significance to Asian Americans and the documents themselves. With California's passage of the Save Our State Initiative in November 1994, fear of aliens has once again appeared in U.S. legislative history.