ethnic identity

Examines the long-term effects on the Japanese Americans of their World War II experiences. Data from the first-ever, representative survey of a community of Japanese Americans who were imprisoned in US detention camps during World War II, was used for this book. Topics explored using this data include the effects of incarceration and resettlement on social relationships and community structure, educational and occupational trajectories, marriage and childbearing, military service, and draft resistance.

Discusses the efforts of North American Indians to survive in and adjust to modern society while holding onto their ethnic heritage.

Examines the history, leadership, family life, religion, changing fortunes, and current situation of the Wampanoag Indians.

In the late 1880's, a Cheyenne boy named Small Bull is taken to a boarding school to learn the white man's ways.

Explores what it means to be Latino in the United States in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, examining the individual's response to Latino stereotypes and discussing how they can hold onto their cultural heritage.

A study of politics and power on contemporary Indian reservations, dispelling the stereotype of the victimized Native American and arguing that the political sovereignty of some tribes has had damaging effects on surrounding communities.

Describes the uniqueness of Puerto Rican culture and identity in relation to that of other Latino groups in the United States.

A Taiwanese-American rebel restaurateur chronicles his rise to success from his difficult childhood in the American South to his decision to embrace all he had learned about food in his father's restaurants and his mother's kitchen to create his own culinary identity.

Chronicles the history of Chicana women since the sixteenth century, highlighting notable people, movements, achievements, and events. Presented in English and Spanish on facing pages, and including photographs and illustrations.