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Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month
From Infoplease and The Learning Network, this website features articles on Asian American history, famous people, food, and culture.
CET -- RESOURCES: Asian American history web sites and resources
A selection of Asian American resources from the Center for Educational Telecommunications. Links are provided to history resources for various Asian communities, curricula resources, and a recommended book list.
National Asian-Pacific Heritage Month
A National Park Service Site. The National Register of Historic Places showcases United Stated territories in the Pacific and the contributions of Asian and Pacific peoples to the development of the United States.
The Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies along with various commercial groups sponsors this website with profiles of Asian Americans, a brief look at Asian American Pacific history in the United States, interesting facts, and events.
East & Southeast Asia: An annotated directory of Internet Resources
A comprehensive listing of resources from Bob Eng, professor of history at the University of Redlands. Provides links to social and political issues, Japanese internment, and the Wen Ho Lee case.
Asian & Pacific Island American History & Literature for K-12 Teachers
From the Internet School Library Media Center, links to websites for historical, biographical, and literature sources.
Resources on Asian Pacific American Artists at the Archives of American Art
This Preliminary Guide to Resources on Asian American Artists at the Archives of American Art has been prepared to coincide with the Smithsonian Institution's Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.
Asian Americans in the humanities: 20th Century
Biographical information concerning
important Asian American personalities of the twentieth
century who have made contributions to several fields within the humanities
including art, literature, religion & philosophy, and education.
Chinese-American contribution to Transcontinental Railroad
An interesting look at Chinese labor in building the railroad with photographs and lots of links to other sources. Presented by the Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum.
The Chinese-American Experience
From Harper's Weekly, this article by William Wei, history professor at University of Colorado, Boulder, examines the obstacles faced by Chinese immigrants during the 19th century
Feng-Shan HO and the Rescue Of Austrian Jews.
This short excerpt from an exhibit produced by the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre tells the story of the Chinese Consul General in Vienna who saved the lives of thousands of Austrian Jews by issuing them visas to Shanghai.
Denshō: The Japanese American Legacy Project
A curriculum co-developed by Stanford University and Denshō, a non-profit organization with the goal of preserving the oral histories of Japanese-Americans incarcerated during World War II. This site examines the causes, discusses racism, and offers an archive of photographs and interviews. (registration required for archive use.)
A More Perfect Union. Japanese Americans & the U.S. Constitution
A site from the Smithsonian which focuses on the experiences of Japanese Americans.
Conscience and the Constitution
From a PBS special, the story of the prosecution of Japanese Americans who refused to be drafted from a Japanese internment camp.
Confinement and Ethnicity: An Overview of World War II Japanese American Relocation Sites
An on-line book from the National Park Service. Photographs and diagrams of each camp are presented.
Information about Korean-American art, history, demographics, important persons, organizations, and more.
Documenting the Southeast Asian Refugee Experience
This online exhibit recreates the complete content of an exhibit in the Muriel Ansley Reynolds Gallery UC Irvine Main Library October 1998 - April 1999. It discusses Vietnamese, Laotian, Cambodian and Hmong immigration.
Information about historical,
political, social, economic, and cultural elements and issues that make
up today's diverse Asian American community. There is a special section on
Vietnam as the author of this site is Vietnamese-American.
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