About AA-NH/PI Heritage Month
Library Databases
- Asian American Experience This link opens in a new windowThe Asian American Experience applies a critical lens to the study of U.S. history, exploring the social, political, and economic forces that have shaped the experiences of Asian Americans in distinct historical eras. The database also explores some of the rich and varied experiences of Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Island and indigenous groups. This database offers a rich and diverse variety of primary sources, including images, audio clips, documents, and video, covering multiple dimensions of Asian American history and culture.
- Exploring Race in Society (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowContains scholarly journals and proprietary essays that provide researchers with a deeper understanding of how current issues stem from actions and policies of the past.
Selected Books from the EWU Library
American by birth : Wong Kim Ark and the battle for citizenship by Call Number: Upper Level Book Stacks ; KF4700 .N33 2021ISBN: 9780700631926Publication Date: 2021
Asian Americans in an Anti-Black World by Call Number: E184.A75 K528 2023ISBN: 9781009222259Publication Date: 2023
At America's gates : Chinese immigration during the exclusion era, 1882-1943 by Call Number: Upper Level Book Stacks ; E184.C5 L523 2003ISBN: 9780807827758Publication Date: 2003
Citizen internees : a second look at race and citizenship in Japanese American internment camps by Call Number: Upper Level Book Stacks ; D769.8.A6 I89 2017ISBN: 9781440837005Publication Date: 2017
A different mirror : a history of multicultural America by
Ronald Takaki's beloved classic is a "brilliant revisionist history of America" (Publishers Weekly) that dramatically retells our nation's story from the perspective of minorities. Upon its first publication, A Different Mirror was hailed by critics and academics everywhere as a dramatic new retelling of our nation's past. Beginning with the colonization of the New World, it recounted the history of America in the voice of the non-Anglo peoples of the United States--Native Americans, African Americans, Jews, Irish Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos, and others--groups who helped create this country's rich mosaic culture. Now, Ronald Takaki has revised his landmark work and made it even more relevant and important. Among the new additions to the book are: The role of black soldiers in preserving the Union The history of Chinese Americans from 1900-1941 An investigation into the hot-button issue of "illegal" immigrants from Mexico A look at the sudden visibility of Muslim refugees from Afghanistan. This new edition of A Different Mirror is a remarkable achievement that grapples with the raw truth of American history and examines the ultimate question of what it means to be an American.
Call Number: E184.A1 T335 2008Publication Date: 2008
Dragon ladies : Asian American feminists breathe fire by Publication Date: 1997
Eat everything before you die: a Chinaman in the counterculture by Call Number: Upper Level Book Stacks ; PS3603.H3558 E23 2004ISBN: 9780295984360Publication Date: 2004
Everything I learned, I learned in a Chinese restaurant : a memoir by Call Number: F574.D49 C534 2023ISBN: 9780316507653Publication Date: 2023
The family Chao: a novel by Call Number: Upper Level Book Stacks ; PS3553.H2724 F36 2022ISBN: 9780393868074Publication Date: 2022
Forbidden citizens : Chinese exclusion and the U.S. Congress : a legislative history by Call Number: Upper Level Book Stacks ; KF4845 .G65 2012ISBN: 9781587332357Publication Date: 2012
Forever Foreigners or Honorary Whites? by
What does it mean to be an Asian-American in the United States today? Are Asian-Americans considered "honorary whites" or forever thought of as "foreigners?" Mia Tuan examines the salience and meaning of ethnicity for later generation Chinese- and Japanese-Americans, and asks how their concepts of ethnicity differ from that of white ethnic Americans. She interviewed 95 middle-class Chinese and Japanese Californians and analyzes the importance of ethnic identities and the concept of becoming a "real" American for both Asian and white ethnics. She asks her subjects about their early memories and experiences with Chinese/Japanese culture; current lifestyle and emerging cultural practices; experiences with racism and discrimination; attitudes toward current Asian immigration.
Call Number: E184.O6 T8 1998Publication Date: 1999
Hakka soul : memories, migrations, and meals by Call Number: Upper Level Book Stacks ; E184.C5 C4743 2008ISBN: 9780824832896Publication Date: 2008
Impounded : Dorothea Lange and the censored images of Japanese American internment by Call Number: Upper Level Book Stacks ; D769.8.A6 L35 2006ISBN: 9780393060737Publication Date: 2006
Interior Chinatown by Call Number: Upper Level Book Stacks ; PS3625.U15 I58 2020ISBN: 9780307948472Publication Date: 2020
Japanese-American Internment During World War II by Call Number: Upper Level Book Stacks ; D769.8.A6 B43 2014ISBN: 9780780813335Publication Date: 2013-11-13
Jerome and Rohwer : memories of Japanese American internment in World War II Arkansas by Call Number: Upper Level Book Stacks ; D769.8.A6 J47 2022ISBN: 9781682261880Publication Date: 2022
The Joy Luck Club by Call Number: Upper Level Book Stacks ; PS3570.A48 J6 2014ISBN: 9780143124849Publication Date: 2014-04-23
The Making of Asian America: a History by Call Number: E184.A75 L43 2015ISBN: 1476739404Publication Date: 2015
The myth of the model minority : Asian Americans facing racism by Call Number: Upper Level Book Stacks ; E184.A75 C515 2008ISBN: 9781594515873Publication Date: 2008
Orientals: Asian Americans in popular culture by
The author examines stereotypes of Asians in the United States including Coolies, the Yellow Peril, Model Minority, and Gook. Orientals comes to grips with the ways that racial stereotypes come into being and serve the purposes of the dominant culture.
Call Number: E184.O6 L48 1999Publication Date: 1999-03-22
The road to Chinese exclusion : the Denver riot, 1880 election, and rise of the West by Call Number: Upper Level Book Stacks ; E184.C5 Z484 2013ISBN: 9780700619191Publication Date: 2013
The spectacle of Japanese American trauma : racial performativity and World War II by Call Number: Upper Level Book Stacks ; D769.8.A6 R68 2008ISBN: 9780824832209Publication Date: 2008
Yell-oh girls! : emerging voices explore culture, identity, and growing up Asian American by Call Number: Upper Level Book Stacks ; E184.O6 Y45 2001ISBN: 9780060959449Publication Date: 2001
Yellow : race in America beyond Black and white by Call Number: Upper Level Book Stacks ; E184.O6 W84 2002ISBN: 9780465006397Publication Date: 2002
Selected Books from the EWU Library
Asian America: a primary source reader by Call Number: Upper Level Book Stacks ; E184.A75 A78 2017ISBN: 9780300195446Publication Date: 2017
Asian American Feminisms and Women of Color Politics by Call Number: Upper Level Book Stacks ; HQ1421 .A85 2018ISBN: 9780295744360Publication Date: 2018
Big little man: in search of my Asian self by Call Number: Upper Level Book Stacks ; E184.F4 T59 2014ISBN: 9780547450483Publication Date: 2014
Biting the hand : growing up Asian in Black and White America by Call Number: Upper Level Book Stacks ; F869.L89 K674 2023ISBN: 9781250824677Publication Date: 2023
Brokering belonging : Chinese in Canada's exclusion era, 1885-1945 by Call Number: Upper Level Book Stacks ; F1089.5.V22 M298 2010ISBN: 9780199733132Publication Date: 2010
Contemporary Asian American activism: building movements for liberation by Call Number: Upper Level Book Stacks ; E184.A75 C68 2022ISBN: 9780295749792Publication Date: 2022
Crying in H Mart: a memoir by Call Number: Upper Level Book Stacks ; ML420.Z3913 A3 2021ISBN: 9780525657743Publication Date: 2021
Fighting invisibility : Asian Americans in the Midwest by Call Number: Upper Level Book Stacks ; F358.2.A75 T75 2023ISBN: 9781978834286Publication Date: 2023I
Invisible: theology and the experience of Asian American women by Call Number: Upper Level Book Stacks ; E184.A75 K55 2021ISBN: 9781506470924Publication Date: 2021
The labor of care: Filipina migrants and transnational families in the digital age by Call Number: Upper Level Book Stacks ; HM1271 .F725 2018ISBN: 9780252041723Publication Date: 2018
The Loneliest Americans by Call Number: Upper Level Book Stacks ; E184.A75 K36 2021ISBN: 9780525576228Publication Date: 2021
Manifest technique : hip hop, empire, and visionary Filipino American culture by Call Number: Upper Level Book Stacks ; E184.F4 V56 2021ISBN: 9780252043789Publication Date: 2021
Minor feelings: an Asian American reckoning by Call Number: Upper Level Book Stacks ; E184.O6 H64 2020ISBN: 9781984820365Publication Date: 2020
My Life: Growing up Asian in America by Call Number: Upper Level Book Stacks ; E184.A75 M9 2022ISBN: 9781982195359Publication Date: 2022
Our voices, our histories: Asian American and Pacific Islander women by Call Number: Upper Level Book Stacks ; E184.A75 O97 2020ISBN: 9781479821105Publication Date: 2020
Permission to come home: reclaiming mental health as Asian Americans by Call Number: Lower Level Book Stacks ; RC451.5.A75 W36 2022ISBN: 9781538708002Publication Date: 2022
A principled stand : the story of Hirabayashi v. United States by Call Number: Upper Level Book Stacks ; KF228.H565 H57 2013ISBN: 9780295992709Publication Date: 2013
Redefining Japaneseness : Japanese Americans in the ancestral homeland by Call Number: Upper Level Book Stacks ; DS832.7.A6 Y37 2017ISBN: 9780813576374Publication Date: 2017
The resilient self : gender, immigration, and Taiwanese Americans by Call Number: Upper Level Book Stacks ; E184.T35 G823 2017ISBN: 9780813586069Publication Date: 2017
Rise: a pop history of Asian America from the nineties to now by Call Number: Upper Level Book Stacks ; E184.A75 Y358 2022Publication Date: 2022
Saving face : the emotional costs of the Asian immigrant family myth by Call Number: Upper Level Book Stacks ; E184.A75 C5165 2016ISBN: 9780813569826Publication Date: 2016;
Whitewashing the movies : Asian erasure and White subjectivity in U.S. film culture by Call Number: Upper Level Book Stacks ; PN1995.9.A78 O43 2022ISBN: 9781978808621Publication Date: 2022
Yellowface: a novel by Call Number: Upper Level Book Stacks ; PS3611.U17 Y45 2023ISBN: 9780063250833Publication Date: 2023
PBS' Asian Americans Series
Explore the impact of Asian Americans, the fastest-growing population in the United States, on the country's past, present and future, told through individual lives and personal histories. You can watch the entire 5 episode series for free at Asian Americans.
Streaming Videos available at the EWU Library
To access our streaming video resource, you will need to login with your EWU NetID username and password.
- Academic Video Online (AVON) This link opens in a new windowDocumentaries, feature films, performances, interviews, news programs and newsreels, demonstrations, and raw footage.
- Kanopy Streaming Videos This link opens in a new windowOn-demand streaming video service with over 10,000 titles, ranging from feature films, television shows, and documentaries. Note: Most of the titles available are not listed in the EWU Library Catalog. If it says "request access," we do not have licensing for that title. Faculty can request access for their classes.
- Alexander Street Videos & Documents This link opens in a new windowStreaming video and documents collections: Academic Video Online, Counseling & Therapy in Video; Education in Video, and The Video Journal of Counseling and Therapy.
2024 AA-NH/PI Heritage Month Celebration at Eastern Washington University
Subject Experts
Qing Stellwagen
Librarian for Diversity & Inclusion Studies, Political Science, and International Affairs
qstellwagen@ewu.edu (509) 359-2403
Steven Bingo
University Archivist & Manuscripts Librarian
sbingo@ewu.edu (509) 359-2303