| Description |
1 online resource (xxxvii, 385 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- A historical review and synthesis of Asian American women -- part 1. Chinese -- 1. The first America-born women -- 2. Foreign-born women in professional fields -- 3. Interracial marriage -- 4. Attaining education -- part 2. Filipinas -- 5. Immigrant women at work -- 6. Filipinas in the health industry -- 7. The younger generation : defining identity -- 8. Interracial marriage -- part 3. Japanese -- 9. The concentration camp experience -- 10. Interracial marriage and immigrant women in professional fields -- 11. Attaining education -- part 4. Koreans -- 12. Adoptees -- 13. Life of immigrant women -- 14. Interracial marriage -- 15. Generational conflict -- part 5. Asian Indians and Pakistanis -- 16. At home and preserving traditions -- 17. Foreign-born women in professional fields -- 18. Factory work and the hotel business -- 19. Attaining education -- part 6. Vietnamese, Laotians, Hmong, and Thai -- 20. The refugee experience -- 21. Vietnamese adoptees -- 22. Interracial marriage -- 23. Generational and cultural conflict -- The Asian American mosaic -- About the author -- Works cited -- Index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Asian American women -- Middle West -- Social conditions -- Anecdotes.
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Asian American women -- Middle West -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
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Women immigrants -- Middle West -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
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Asian American women -- Employment -- Middle West -- Anecdotes.
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Acculturation -- Middle West -- Anecdotes.
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Families -- Middle West -- Anecdotes.
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Middle West -- Ethnic relations -- Anecdotes.
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Middle West -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
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Middle West -- Social conditions -- Anecdotes.
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Oral history.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
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Acculturation. (OCoLC)fst00795535
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Asian American women. (OCoLC)fst00818606
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Asian American women -- Employment.
(OCoLC)fst00818610
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Asian American women -- Social conditions.
(OCoLC)fst00818614
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Ethnic relations. (OCoLC)fst00916005
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Families. (OCoLC)fst01728849
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Oral history. (OCoLC)fst01047055
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Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
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Women immigrants. (OCoLC)fst01177764
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Middle West. (OCoLC)fst01240052
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Anecdotes. (OCoLC)fst01423876
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Biography -- Anecdotes.
(OCoLC)fst01423690
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ling, Huping, 1956- Voices of the heart. [Kirksville, Mo.] : Truman State University Press, ©2007 9781931112680 (DLC) 2007029143 (OCoLC)157022811 |
| ISBN |
9781935503897 (electronic bk.) |
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1935503898 (electronic bk.) |
