Asian Americans on war & peace
by Leong, Russell C. (editor); Nakanishi, Don T. (editor)
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- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Barely worn folds of spine head & foot, barely rubbed corners, light soiling to rear cover, light crease to front cover, else ve
- ISBN 10
- 0934052360
- ISBN 13
- 9780934052368
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About This Item
Los Angeles: UCLA Asian American Studies Center Press, 2002. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Barely worn folds of spine head & foot, barely rubbed corners, light soiling to rear cover, light crease to front cover, else very good+.. Red octavo; xiii, 224 p, b&w illus ; 23 cm. Contents: War and peace: when past and future became the now / Russell C. Leong, Don T. Nakanishi -- i. Worlds of crisis -- Oh, say, can you see? Post September 11 / Helen Zia -- Notes from a New York diary / Jessica Hagedorn -- Existing at the center, watching from the edges / Roshni Rustomji-Kerns -- War against the planet / Vijay Prashad -- Nothing to write home about / Amitava Kumar -- Today: September 11, 2001 / Russell C. Leong -- ii. Civil liberties and internment -- Thinking through internment: 12/7 and 9/11 / Jerry Kang -- Loaded weapon / Eric K. Yamamoto, Susan Kiyomi Serrano -- Pearl Harbor revisited / Frank Chin -- How does it feel to be a problem? / Moustafa Bayoumi -- What does danger look like? / Stephen Lee -- When mothers talk / Janice Mirikitani -- Why children did not knock at my door on Halloween this year / Ifti Nasim -- iii. Geopolitics -- Colonialism, globalization and culture: reflections on September 11th / Arif Dirlik -- Coming full circle: North American Labor History Conference, Wayne State University, October 19, 2001 / Grace Lee Boggs -- Terrorism as a way of life / Vinay Lal -- Civilization and dissent / David Palumbo-Liu -- iv. Peace -- Why does a pediatrician worry about nuclear weapons? / James N. Yamazaki -- Hip-hop generation can call for peace / Jeff Chang -- Merciful end: a call to humanity / Angela E. Oh -- Stop the bombing, stop the war / Michael F. Yamamoto -- Asian Americans and the peace imperative / Mari J. Matsuda -- Chronology of the "war on terror" and domestic hate crimes / Stephen Lee. || Asian Americans -- Politics; Civil rights.
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- Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
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- Title
- Asian Americans on war & peace
- Author
- Leong, Russell C. (editor); Nakanishi, Don T. (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Barely worn folds of spine head & foot, barely rubbed corners, light soiling to rear cover, light crease to front cover, else ve
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated)
- ISBN 10
- 0934052360
- ISBN 13
- 9780934052368
- Publisher
- UCLA Asian American Studies Center Press
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 2002
- Bookseller catalogs
- United States, American Studies, Americana; Politics, Social Sciences, Human Rights;
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