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Title: Race and Politics: Asian Americans, Latinos, and Whites in a Los Angeles Suburb (The Asian American Experience) by Leland T. Saito, Roger Daniels ISBN: 0-252-06720-7 Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr (Pro Ref) Pub. Date: September, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Diversity in Suburbia
Comment: I read Saito's book for a course he taught at UCSD in San Diego. I felt that from his book I was given not only a unique and fascinating sociological examination of the interworkings of perhaps the first Asian suburban neighborhood in America, but I was also enlightened to a relatively new notion of 'whiteness' and its effects on the American scene. This book may be read by high school students or academic scholars, the topics of which address some of the most controversial issues in contemporary society.
Rating: 5
Summary: Intense, worthy read
Comment: I came upon the book in an unusual way. I was having dinner with a group of educators and happened to meet the author. Over dinner he talked about some of the issues he came across in his research and I decided to pick up a copy a few days later. I read the book and it surprised me. It was interesting to me because I'm from Hawaii, and the experiences of Asian Americans there, I think, are different, and the text let me experience a major community outside my own. And while I don't see myself as politically driven, I found myself caught up in the alliances/divisions he sees forming in the San Gabriel Valley. As the text examines the theoretical aspects of the politicking in that community, it also presents detailed accounts of actual events that took place during the various stages of grassroots organizing. The depth of the cross-referencing is impressive, but what strikes me most are the insightful, sometimes very personal observations offered to the researcher by participants as events formed --observations that exist almost as sub-themes to the research. He sifts through then traces back lines of political theory through to actual events as residents began to change their community. A worthy read. It has caused me to look at my own community and makes me want to understand more about the forces and processes of change.
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Title: Whiteness of a Different Color: European Immigrants and the Alchemy of Race by Matthew Frye Jacobson ISBN: 0674951913 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $17.50 |
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Title: The Coming White Minority by Dale Maharidge ISBN: 0679750088 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 20 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Behind the Label: Inequality in the Los Angeles Apparel Industry by Edna Bonacich, Richard P. Appelbaum, Ku-Sup Chin ISBN: 0520225066 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Social Health of the Nation: How America Is Really Doing by Marque Luisa Miringoff, Marc L. Miringoff ISBN: 0195133498 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: June, 1999 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Racial Fault Lines: The Historical Origins of White Supremacy in California by Tomas Almaguer ISBN: 0520089472 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: December, 1994 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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