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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       Subjects     Chinese Americans -- California -- Biography.     Chinese Americans -- Biography.     Scholars -- United States -- Biography.     Scientists -- United States -- Biography.     Artists -- United States -- Biography.     Entertainers -- United States -- Biography.     Musicians -- United States -- Biography.     Nobel Prize winners -- United States -- Biography.     Celebrities -- United States -- Biography.     California -- Biography.     Browse Catalog       by title:      Portraits of pride I...         MARC Display

Portraits of pride II : Chinese-American legacies, first 160 years in America / [L.P. Leung, editor-in-chief]. Los Angeles, Calif. : Chinese Historical Society of Southern California, 2014. Subjects Chinese Americans -- California -- Biography.   Chinese Americans -- Biography.   Scholars -- United States -- Biography.   Scientists -- United States -- Biography.   Artists -- United States -- Biography.   Entertainers -- United States -- Biography.   Musicians -- United States -- Biography.   Nobel Prize winners -- United States -- Biography.   Celebrities -- United States -- Biography.   California -- Biography. ISBN:  9780930377045 0930377044 Description:  288 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/ 4 in.) Edition:  2nd ed. Requests:  0 Summary:  This volume offers biographical sketches of more than 30 notable Chinese Americans including Olympic skater Michelle Kwan; historian Iris Chang; award-winning architect I.M. Pei; artist and designer Maya Ying Lin; classical cellist virtuoso Yo-Yo Ma; Oscar-winning cinematographer James Wong Howe; inventor and entrepreneur An Wang; "the first lady of physics," C.S. Wu -- in addition to many unsung heroes of Chinese descent. Also included is a section about the The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, one of the most significant restrictions on free immigration in U.S. history. The accompanying CD-ROM presents a complete digital reproduction of the book's text.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Kalihi-Palama Public Library Adult Nonfiction 979.40049 Po Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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