Asian American Experience - Table of Contents

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Introduction and acknowledgements

1. Early Arrivals and Origins before 1943

2. Arriving in a period of Transition: 1943-1965

3. After 1965: Immigration in the Modern Era

4. Refugees from Southeast Asia: 1975-1990

5. Immigration After 1985

6. Effects of Asian American Immigration History and Experience

7. Family Experience

8. Family Dynamics and Change

9. Community

10. Community Lost? The Significance of a Contemporary Japanese American
Community in Southern California by Lane Ryo Hirabayashi

11. Advocacy Agencies and Politics