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Growing up Brown : memoirs of a Filipino American /

"Peter Jamero's story of hardship and success illuminates the experience of what he calls the "bridge generation"--The American-born children of the Filipinos, largely recruited as farm workers, who immigrated during the 1920s and 1930s. Their experiences span the gap between the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jamero, Peter M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2006.
Colección:The Scott and Laurie Oki series in Asian American studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Campo Life, 1930-1944. The adventure begins
  • Maeda's place
  • Amid the almond trees
  • Livingston-- Learning about the real world, 1944-1957. High school years
  • Join the Navy and see the world
  • College days
  • Early career, 1957-1970. My first real job
  • Moving up
  • Washington, D.C.
  • A Stanford man
  • The activist executive, 1970-1995. Region X-- Umbrella agency
  • The professor
  • King County
  • United Way
  • Whose human rights?
  • Community based.