This week, in this first episode of our series “Arrivals” we discuss the origins of three diaspora groups (The Chinese, Japanese, and Filipinos), and how they impacted American history and society.
Written, produced, and narrated by Zach Anderson.
Sources:
The Chinese
Lee, Erika. The Making of Asian America: A History. Simon Et Schuster Paperbacks, 2016.
“Poems and Inscriptions: Angel Island Immigration Station - San Francisco.” AIISF, www.aiisf.org/poems-and-inscriptions.
Takaki, Ronald T. Strangers From a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans. Little, Brown, 1998.
The Japanese
Matsumoto, Valerie J. City Girls: The Nisei Social World in Los Angeles, 1920-1950. Oxford University Press, 2017.
Matsumoto, Valerie J. Farming the Home Place: A Japanese American Community in California. Cornell University Press, 1993.
Otsuka, Julie. The Buddha in the Attic. Fig Tree, 2013.
Takaki, Ronald T. Issei and Nisei: The Settling of Japanese America. Chelsea House Publ., 1994.
The Filipinos
Aroy, Marissa, director. Delano Manongs . Delano Manongs, 6 May 2014, www.pbs.org/video/kvie-viewfinder-delano-manongs/.
Aroy, Marissa. Little Manila: Filipino's in California's Heartland. 1 Oct. 2013, www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNCZ8sGJs8I&t=608s&ab_channel=KVIEvideo.
Bulosan, Carlos. America Is in The Heart. Penguin Classics, 2019.
Stefoff, Rebecca, and Ronald T. Takaki. In the Heart of Filipino America: Immigrants from the Pacific Isles. Chelsea House Publishers, 1995.
