Asian Americans : Contemporary Trends and Issues

Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1(6) Pyong Gap Min Asian Immigration: History and Contemporary Trends 7(25) Pyong Gap Min Settlement Patterns and Diversity 32(22) Pyong Gap Min The Socioeconomic Attainments of Asian Americans 54(24) Arthur Sakamoto Yu Xie Photo Essay 1: Second Generation Asian Americans 78(30) Major Issues Related to Asian American Experiences 80(28) Pyong Gap Min Photo Essay 2: Chinese Americans 108(38) Chinese Americans 110(36) Morrison G. Wong Photo Essay 3: Japanese Americans 146(32) Japanese Americans 148(30) Daisuke Akiba Photo Essay 4: Filipino Americans 178(26) Filipino Americans 180(24) Carl L. Bankston, III Photo Essay 5: South Asian Americans 204(24) South Asian Americans 206(22) Nazli Kibria Photo Essay 6: Korean Americans 228(32) Korean Americans 230(30) Pyong Gap Min Photo Essay 7: Southeast Asian Americans 260(30) Vietnamese, Laotian, and Cambodian Americans 262(28) Ruben G. Rumbaut Photo Essay 8: Economic Adaptation 290(27) Future Prospects of Asian Americans 292(25) Philip Q. Yang Index 317(38) About the Editor 355(1) About the Contributors 356