The Filipino Americans
Title:
The Filipino Americans
Author:
Posadas, Barbara Mercedes, 1945-
ISBN:
9780313033513
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvi, 190 p.) : ill., map.
Series:
The new Americans,
New Americans (Westport, Conn.)
Contents:
Series foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Before 1965 -- The Philippines -- Filipinos in the United States before 1965 -- Filipino immigration after 1965 -- U.S. law and Filipino immigration -- Filipino values and customs in an american setting -- Creating and transforming ethnic and cultural identity -- Economic and political power -- Filipino Americans entering the twenty-first century -- Contemporary issues among Filipino Americans -- The future of Filipino immigration -- Filipino American identity as American identity -- Filipinos in the U.S. Census -- Notable Filipino Americans -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
In the year 2000, Filipino Americans will be the largest Asian American group. This volume is the first detailed historical study of the major post-1965 immigration of Filipinos to the United States. It provides comprehensive coverage of the recent Filipino American experience, from the pivotal Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, under which most Filipinos entered this country, to their values and customs, economic and political status, organizational affiliations, and contemporary issues and problems. Students and interested readers will be rewarded with a rich portrayal of individual im.
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