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Asian American and Pacific Islander Studies Subject Guide

Discover and learn where to search for books, articles, media, primary sources, and other sources in Meredith's collections related to Asian American and Pacific Islander Studies.

Books at Meredith

Use this box to search WorldCat for books in the Meredith library.

East Asian focus

Chinese American Voices: From the Gold Rush to the Present by Judy Yung (Editor); Gordon Chang (Editor); Him Mark Lai (Editor)
Infamy: The Shocking Story of the Japanese American Internment in World War II by Richard Reeves
Call Number: 940.531773 R259i
Japanese American Ethnicity: In Search of Heritage and Homeland across Generations by Takeyuki Tsuda
The Korean-American Dream: Portraits of a Successful Immigrant Community by James Flanigan
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
Call Number: 305.4895073 H757m

South/Southeast Asian focus

Hawaiian/Pacific Islander focus

Hawai'i Is My Haven: Race and Indigeneity in the Black Pacific by Nitasha Tamar Sharma
Inclusion: How Hawai'i Protected Japanese Americans from Mass Internment, Transformed Itself, and Changed America by Tom Coffman
Part Asian, 100% Hapa by Kip Fulbeck (Artist)
Call Number: 305.80595 F956p
Reppin': Pacific Islander Youth and Native Justice by Keith L. Camacho (Editor)

AAPI Subject Headings

A few examples of subject headings to get started:

Afghan Americans | American Samoa | Asian Americans | Bangladeshi Americans | Cambodian Americans | Chinese Americans | East Asian Americans | East Indian Americans | Filipino Americans | Guam | Indonesian Americans | Japanese Americans | Korean Americans | Laotian Americans | Northern Mariana Islands | Pacific Islanders | Pakistani Americans | South Asian Americans | Southeast Asian Americans | Thai Americans | Tonga | Vietnamese Americans

https://guides.loc.gov/asian-american-pacific-islander/subject-headings

History/Social focus

Asian American Histories of the United States by Catherine Ceniza Choy
Call Number: 973.0495 C459a
Asian American Studies Now: A Critical Reader by Jean Yu-Wen Shen Wu (Editor, Editor)
Intersecting Realities: Race, Identity, and Culture in the Spiritual-Moral Life of Young Asian Americans by Hak Joon Lee (Editor)
Making Waves: An Anthology of Writings by and about Asian American Women by Asian Women United of California Staff (Editor)
Call Number: 305.4 M28
The Sum of Our Parts: Mixed Heritage Asian Americans by Teresa Williams-Leon; Cynthia L. Nakashima (Editor)
Call Number: 305.895073 Su61

Education focus

Health focus