asian americans

Explores the life and achievements of fashion designer Vera Wang; covering her privleged childhood in New York and Paris, education, work at "Vogue" and with Ralph Lauren, personal life, bridal business, family, and expansion into other industries. Includes chronology, glossary, and a list of additional resources.

Biographical sketches of notable Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans, from the nineteenth century up to the present.

These ten stories reflect the conflict Asian Americans face in balancing an ancient heritage and an unknown future.

Teenage Gene and a group of human survivors flee from the vampire predators that have become the majority and find refuge among a group of humans living high in the mountains, but their society may be just as evil as the one they fled from.

Explores the treatment of Asian Americans during World War II, how they fought in the armed forces and how they were discriminated against.

Reviews the college and professional football career of Hines Ward, a receiver with the Pittsburgh Steelers, and describes his role in the Steelers' victory over the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XL. Includes photographs and brief profiles of other key players.

Contains over twenty true stories in which Asian-American teens discuss immigration, language barriers, prejudice, and other conflicts they face as people of dual cultures.

Describes the important role of the Chinese, Japanese, and other Asians in the settlement of the American West.

Presents the basic tenets of these three Asian religions and discusses the religious history and experience of their practitioners after immigration to the United States.

Explores how changing ideas of racial identity will affect race relations in the United States in the twenty-first century.