Search Results: Ethnic Studies / Immigrant Americans from Bookmarc's

San Jose, CA, U.S.A.: R & E Publishers, Incorporated, 1973. BZ4 - A hard cover edition withdrawn ex-library book in good+ to very good- condition with no dust jacket. No additional printings are indicated on the copyright page. A hard cover tight, clean, sound copy in light olive green cloth covered boards with very minor overall shelf wear plus there is some very light fading and label staining on the spine wrapping around onto the front and back from library labels plus there is some light yellowing of the paper edges plus there are the usual library stamps and pocket on the front free endpaper, title page, table of contents page, and back fixed endpaper. A book that examines the origins of Japanese nativism during the 1890s and its relationship to the extension of the Chinese exclusion movement. 117p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 6.25"x9". Ex-Library.

New York, New York, USA: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1980. BZ6 - A tight, clean, sound with very minor overall shelf wear with the DJ mylar sleeve endflaps glued to the front & back fixed endpapers, usual library stamps, label, & pocket on the front free endpaper, the title page, and the author's previously published titles page. Illustrated with black and white photographs. The DJ shows very minor overall shelf wear with a library label on the spine,front endflap was price clipped, it is still in the original library mylar sleeve, front & back mylar sleeve endflaps are glued to the fixed endpapers. A juvenile nonfiction social hsistory of the Chinese in the United States, describing their contributions to the develoopment of the nation and their struggle for economic and social equality. 181p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 5.75"x8.25". Ex-Library.

Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Beacon Press, 1978. CE2 - A hard cover first edition withdrawn ex-library book in good+ condition. A sequence of numbers appears on back of the title page with the "1" present with no additional printings indicated. A tight, clean, sound copy in textured dark brown paper covered boards with gold lettering on the spine and a gold graphic on the front with very minor overall shefl wear plus there is some tape staining on the outside board surfaces and front and back free endpapers from where the dust jacket was taped to the boards plus there are the usual library stams, label, and pocket on the top and bottom outside paper edges, title page, and back free endpaper plus there is some dogearing of the last page. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear mainly in the form of some very, very light edge wear along the spine top and bottom edges plus there is a library label on the spine plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. A collection of… Read More

Boulder, Colorado, USA: Westview Press, 1980. CA1 - A hard cover first edition withdrawn ex-library book in very good condition with no dust jacket. No additional printings are indicated. A tight, clean, sound copy in gray cloth covered boards with dark red lettering on the spine and dark red lettering and graphics on the front with very minor overall shelf wear mainly in the form of some fading on the spine wrapping around onto the front and back up towards the top spine edge from a library label plus there is a very, very light bump on the front bottom right corner plus there are the usual library stamps on the front free endpaper, freepaper, title page, and back fixed endpaper. This is a title in the publisher's Westview Special Studies in contemporary Social Issues series. A study of the Japanese-American community based on a sample of three generations. It systematically analyzes the socioeconomic adaptation of the Japanese to US society. It also develops a sociohistorical model that explains… Read More

New York: Vintage Books, 1993. BY3 - A trade paperback book signed by author in good condition that has some stains and smudge, cocked, some wrinkling, crease, and bumped corners, some soiled patches and writing on the first page, some pencil drawing on the last page, tanning and and light shelf wear. A novel about a Chinese-American naturalized citizen who believes she is dying and so is determined to tell her daughter about her past and a terrible truth from her past. The story begins on a small island outside Shanghai in the 1920s and moves throughout China during World War II and the move to America in 1949. The irony is that her daughter has her own secret to tell. An intense and rich picture of the Chinese-American experience. 8"x5.25", 415 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.