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Distinguished Asian Americans A Biographical Dictionary
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Hyung-chan Kim, Dorothy Cordova, Stephen S. Fugita, cont. ed., Franklin Ng, Jane Singh
ISBN: 0-313-28902-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-28902-6
448 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 12/30/1999
List Price: $91.95 (UK Sterling Price: £63.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Awards:
  • Library Journal Best Reference Book, 1999
Description: Asian Americans have made significant contributions to American society. This reference work celebrates the contributions of 166 distinguished Asian Americans. Most people profiled are not featured in any other biographical collection of noted Asian Americans. The Chinese Americans, Japanese Americans, Filipino Americans, Korean Americans, South Asian Americans (from India and Pakistan), and Southeast Asian Americans (from Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam) profiled in this work represent more than 75 fields of endeavor. From historical figures to figure skater Michelle Kwan, this work features both prominent and less familiar individuals who have made significant contributions in their fields. A number of the contemporary subjects have given exclusive interviews for this work.

All biographies have been written by experts in their ethnic fields. Those profiled range widely from distinguished scientists and Nobel Prize winners to sports stars, from actors to activists, from politicians to business leaders, from artists to literary luminaries. All are role models for young men and women, and many have overcome difficult odds to succeed. These colorfully written, substantive biographies detail their subjects' goals, struggles, and commitments to success and to their ethnic communities. More than 40 portraits accompany the biographies and each biography concludes with a list of suggested reading for further research. Appendices organizing the biographies by ethnic group and profession make searching easy. This is the most current biographical dictionary on Asian Americans and is ideal for student research.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
    Kyutaro Abiko
    Eleanor Academia
    Chun Afong
    Ch'ang Ho Ahn
    Philip Ahn
    John Fugue Aiso
    Chang Apana
    George Ryoichi Ariyoshi
    Jose Aruego
    Tai Babilonia
    Bobby Balcena
    Thang Nguyen Barrett
    Lynda Barry
    Amar Gopal Bose
    Carlos Bulosan
    Benjamin J. Cayetano
    Sucheng Chan
    Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
    Michael Chang
    Elaine L. Chao
    Tin-Yuke Char
    Boona Cheema
    Anna Chen Chennault
    Ng Poon Chew
    Frank Chin
    Hung Wai Ching
    Thomas W. Chinn
    Margaret Cho
    Martha C. Ch'oe
    Bong Youn Choy
    Herbert C. Choy
    Louis Chu
    Connie Chung
    Eugene Y. Chung
    Ananda Coomaraswamy
    Taraknath Das
    Hisaye Yamamoto DeSoto
    Kartar Dhillon
    Victoria Manalo Draves
    Edith Maud Eaton
    Bobby Enriquez
    Marina Estrella Espina
    March Fong Eu
    Hiram Fong
    Philip Kan Gotanda
    Carl Sadakichi Hartmann
    S.I.Hayakawa
    Sessue Hayakawa
    Le Ly Hayslip
    Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi
    Chinn Ho
    Ping Ti Ho
    William K. Hosokawa
    Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
    Francis Lang Kwang Hsu
    David Henry Hwang
    Bong Hak Hyun
    Soon Hyun
    Lawson Fusao Inada
    Daniel Ken Inouye
    Larry Itliong
    Lance A. Ito
    Philip Jaisohn
    Indira Freitas Johnson
    Connie Kang
    Sen Katayama
    James K. Kealoha
    Fazlur Rahman Khan
    Jay Kim
    Richard Kim
    Dong Kingman
    Maxine Hong Kingston
    Harry H.L. Kitano
    Tommy Tamio Kono
    Fred T. Korematsu
    Michelle Kwan
    Him Mark Lai
    Ruth Asawa Lanier
    Bruce Lee
    Chang Rae Lee
    Ming Cho Lee
    Rose Hum Lee
    Sammy Lee
    Tsung Dao Lee
    Yuan-Tseh Lee
    Victor Hao Li
    Genevieve Lim
    John Keun Lim
    Maya Lin
    Daniel S.C. Liu
    Gary Locke
    John Lone
    Bette Bao Lord
    Keye Luke
    Wing Luke
    Kalfred Dip Lum
    Chin Lung
    Yo-Yo Ma
    Frederick Kinzaburo Makino
    Mike Masaoka
    Robert T. Matsui
    Masayuki "Spark" Matsunaga
    Nobu McCarthy
    Zubin Mehta
    David C. Mendoza
    Benjamin Menor
    Dale Minami
    Norman Y. Mineta
    Patsy Takemoto Mink
    S. Frank Miyamoto
    Hiroshi H. Miyamura
    Toyo Miyatake
    Ronald Tai Young Moon
    Toshio Mori
    Sadao Munemori
    Josie Cruz Natori
    Haing Ngor
    Isamu Noguchi
    Angela Oh
    Soon Tek Oh
    Vincent H. Okamoto
    Steven Okazaki
    Mine Okubo
    James Matsumoto Omura
    Yoshinobu Oyakawa
    Young J. Paik
    Chan Ho Park
    Yongman Park
    I.M.Pei
    Aarati Prabhakar
    Dith Pran
    Safi U. Qureshy
    A.K. Ramanujan
    Syngman Rhee
    Roshni Rustomji-Kerns
    James Yoshinori Sakamoto
    Eduardo San Juan
    Robert Santos
    Dalip Singh Saund
    George Shima
    Paull Hobom Shin
    Joe Shoong
    Sichan Siv
    Chang Mook Sohn
    Yellapragada Subba Row
    Stanley Sue
    Henry Yuzuru Sugimoto
    Betty Lee Sung
    Amy Tan
    Togo William Tanaka
    Chang Lin Tien
    Samuel Chao Chung Ting
    Edison Uno
    Charles B. Wang
    Wayne Wang
    Yung Wing
    Anna May Wong
    Jade Snow Wong
    Chien-Shiung Wu
    Nguyen Huu Xuong
    Kristi Yamaguchi
    Chen Ning Yang
    Minoru Yasui
    Do Ngoc Yen
    Jacqueline Eurn Hai Young
    Judy Yung
    Appendices
    Index
About the Author: HYUNG-CHAN KIM is Professor of Educational Administration and Foundations at Western Washington University. He is author of many books on Asian Americans, including Asian Americans and Congress (Greenwood, 1996), Asian Americans and the Supreme Court (Greenwood, 1992), and Dictionary of Asian American History (Greenwood, 1986).

DOROTHY CORDOVA is Executive Director of the Filipino American National Historical Society and Affiliate Professor in the American Ethnic Studies Department at the University of Washington.

STEPHEN S. FUGITA is Professor of Psychology and Ethnic Studies and Chair of the Department of Psychology at Santa Clara University. He is the author of Japanese American Ethnicity: The Persistence of Community and The Japanese American Experience.

FRANKLIN NG is Professor of Anthropology at California State University, Fresno./e He is the author of The Taiwanese Americans (Greenwood, 1998), and is the former editor of the Journal of American-East Asian Relations. He is on the editorial boards of the Amerasia Journal and the Journal of American Ethnic History.

JANE SINGH is Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Comparative Ethnic Studies, with an Asian American Specialty at the University of California, Berkeley.
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