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Asian American Dreams: The Emergence Of An American People

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Book Title: Asian American Dreams : the Emergence of an American People

Item Length: 8.3in.

Item Height: 1in.

Item Width: 5.7in.

Author: Helen Zia

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: Minority Studies, Sociology / General, Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies

Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Publication Year: 2001

Genre: Social Science

Item Weight: 11.6 Oz

Number of Pages: 368 Pages

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