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HIST 1520 Immigrant Voices in Modern America: Central and East Asia - Autobiographies and Memoirs

This is a course research guide for students in HIST 1520.

Afghanistan

My War at Home by Masuda Sultan
Call Number: E184.A23 S85 2006
ISBN: 0743480473
Publication Date: 2006-02-28

Cambodia

Bamboo & butterflies : from refugee to citizen
Call Number: E184.K45 M363 1992
ISBN: 0963220500
Golden Bones by Sichan Siv
Call Number: E840.8.S549 A3 2008
ISBN: 0061340685
Publication Date: 2008-07-01

China

Paper Son by Tung Pok Chin; Winifred C. Chin; K. Scott Wong (Introduction by)
Call Number: E184.C5 P27 2000
ISBN: 1566398002
Publication Date: 2000-10-09
The Eighth Promise by James Lee Poy
Call Number: E184.C5 L538 2007
ISBN: 159486456X
Publication Date: 2007-02-06
Paper Daughter by M. Elaine Mar
Call Number: E184.C5 M17 1999
ISBN: 0060182938
Publication Date: 1999-06-01
A Tiger's Heart by Aisling Juanjuan Shen
Call Number: E184.C5 S533 2009
ISBN: 1569475865
Publication Date: 2009-07-01

Hmong

The Latehomecomer by Kao Kalia Yang
Call Number: Books Upper Level- E184.H55 Y36 2008
ISBN: 1566892082
Publication Date: 2008-04-01

Japan

Morning Glory, Evening Shadow by Gordon H. Chang (Annotations by, Editor)
Call Number: D769.8.A6 I25 1997
ISBN: 0804727333
Publication Date: 1997-01-01
Polite Lies by Kyoko Mori
Call Number: F358.2.J3 M67 1997
ISBN: 080504079X
Publication Date: 1998-01-15
Through Harsh Winters by Akemi Kikumura
Call Number: F869.L5 T366
ISBN: 0883165430
Publication Date: 1981-11-01

Korea

The golden mountain : the autobiography of a Korean immigrant, 1895-1960 by Easurk Charr
Call Number: Books Upper Level- E184.K6 C462 1996
ISBN: 0252065131
In the New World by Peter Hyun
Call Number: DU624.7.K67 H983 1995eb
ISBN: 082481648X
Publication Date: 1995-04-01
Ten Thousand Sorrows by Elizabeth Kim
Call Number: E184.K6 K44 2000
ISBN: 0385496338
Publication Date: 2000-05-02
Quiet Odyssey by Mary P. Lee; Sucheng Chan (Introduction by)
Call Number: E184.K6 L445 1990
ISBN: 0295969466
Publication Date: 1990-05-01

Philippines

America Is in the Heart by Carlos Bulosan
Call Number: PR9550.9.B8 A8 1973
ISBN: 029595289X
Publication Date: 2003-12-01
Spirit of the Village by Jackie Pias Carlin
Call Number: DU627.7.C37 C37 2006
ISBN: 0977227707
Publication Date: 2006-08-01
A Letter to My Father by Helen Madamba Mossman
Call Number: D811.5 .M675 2008
ISBN: 0806139099
Publication Date: 2008-04-15
Child of Two Worlds by Norman Reyes
Call Number: E184.F4 R497 1995b
ISBN: 0894107771
Publication Date: 1995-07-01

Thailand

Confessions of a mail order bride : American life through Thai eyes
Call Number: E184.T4 L37 1989
ISBN: 0882820516

Below are some suggested primary sources on Thai American immigrants. Click on the book title to see the record in the Prospector catalog.

Vietnam

Voices of Vietnamese boat people : nineteen narratives of escape and survival by edited by Mary Terrell Cargill and Jade Quang Huynh.
Call Number: Books Upper Level- E184.V53 V63 2000
ISBN: 0786407859
South Wind Changing by Jade N. Huynh
Call Number: E184.V53 H88 1994
ISBN: 1555971989
Publication Date: 1994-02-01
Stealing Buddha's Dinner by Bich Minh Nguyen; Bich Nguyen
Call Number: CT275.N523 A3 2007
ISBN: 0670038326
Publication Date: 2007-02-01
I Love Yous Are for White People by Lac Su
Call Number: F869.L89 V537 2009
ISBN: 0061543667
Publication Date: 2009-05-12

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