The Making of Asian America Through Political Participation

by Pei-te Lien, Susan H. Armitage, John Mack Faragher, et al.

Book Overview

Asian Americans are widely believed to be passive and compliant participants in the U.S. political process--if they participate at all. In this ground-breaking book, Pei-te Lien maps the actions and strategies of Asian Americans as they negotiate a space in the American political arena.Professor Lien looks at political participation by Asian Americans prior to 1965 and then examines, at both organizational and mass politics levels, how race, ethnicity,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566398959
• ISBN13: 9781566398954
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Even better in person

I was a student of Dr. Lien's this past spring at the University of Utah and I have to say she does a wonderful job with the material. She made us buy her book as one of the required texts for the class which I normally frown upon but the concise and clear, yet interesting information in the book itself combined with Dr. Lien's classes were excellent. I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the field of Asian American Studies.