DOCUMENT RESUME ED 109 296 UD, 015 378 AUTHOR Ong, Paul M., Comp.; Lum, William Wong,dbmp. TITLE Theses and Dissertations on Asians in the United States with Selection References to Other Overseas Asians. INSTITUTION California Univ., Davis. Dept. of Applied Behavioral Sciences. PUB DATE Sep 74 ,NOTE 120p..; Revised edition of "Asians in America: A %4 Bibliography of Master's Theses and ')octoral° Dissertations," compiled by William Wong Lum EDRS,PRICE MF-$0.76 HC-$5.70 PLUS POSTAGE DESCRIPTORS Acculturation; *Asian Americans; Bias; *Bibliographies; Chinese Americans; Cultural Factors; *Doctoral Theses; Economic Factors; Filipino Americans; *Immigrants; Japanese Americans; Korean Americans; *Masters Theses; Social Factors; United b States History ABSTRACT This bibliography is stated to be a major revisionof an earlier compilation of thesesand dissertations relating to Asians in America, and includes approximately poo new titles.The titles are arranged by ethnic groups within broadgeographic categories, and topical' areas are outlined for ethnic subdivisions containing a substantial number of citations. ,A key word index providedis limited to broad topics not used in the textual divisions to proper nouns, and to a more specific geographic cross-listing. Although no institutional index is included, a cursory examinationof the compilation is stated to show that more than a third of thetheses and dissertations were done at the University ofHawaii, University of Chicago, Columbia University,University of Southern California, ;Oranford University, and Universityof California', LosAngeles and fferkeley campuses. The citations were selected primarily on thebasis of key words and phrases in the titles. Shelisting on overseas immigrant Asians is divided into two parts. "Asians inthe Other Americas" contains works on the Asian experience inCanada and Latin America. "Other Overseas Asians" primarily centers around;the . Southeast Asian countries although it includes someworks on the Asian experience in Australia, New Zealand, Africa, and partsof Eutope. (Author/JM) *********************************************************************** Documents acquired by ERIC include -many informalunpublished * ma'zerials not available from other sources. EPICmakes every effort * * to obtain the best copy available.nevertheless, items of marginal * * reproducibility are often encountered andthis affects the quality * * of the microfiche and hardcopyreproductions ERIC makes available * * via the EPIC Document ReproductionService (EDRS). EDRS is not * responsible for the quality of the originaldocument. Reproductions * * supplied by EDRS are the best that can be madefrom the original. * *********************************************************************** Asian American Studies Library 142 Dwindle Hall University of California Be rke I ey,. CA 94720 TIILSES AND I/ISSERTAT IONS V k ASIANS I I TIIE4EiITED STATES with Selected References to Other Overseas Asians US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH EDUCATION 8 WELFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION DO( ,PVE NT HA'BEEN REPRO tmc ED E Xt.(' TI S.As WE( E IVFO F 17()M 'ME P! PSON OR ok(,ANIZAT ION ORIGIN N(, OW OPINIONS ,TAE D NECI- wEPPE S[ NT Ji iif NATIONAL ONS''fI'E compjled by (1')( TON POSTON O. PAUL M. ONG WILLIAM WONG LUM with assistance from Keiko Komura Joyce Sakai Ferris Yayesaki cover by Shelton Yip ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS, CALIFORNIA SEPTEMBER 1974 (;) 2 INTRODUCTION ( in America: A Biblio- - This bibliography is a majorrevision and expansion of Asians by William Wong Lum and the graphy of Master's Theses andDoctoral Dissertations compiled University of California at Davis in 1970. Although Asian American Research Project at the compilation includes approximately 800 newtitles, and far from being comprehensive, this we have provided key wordand author indices. and The titles are arranged byethnic groups within broad geographic categories, number of cita- topical areas are outlined for ethnicsubdivisions containing a substantial broad topics not used in the textualdivisions tions. The key word index is limited 'to cross-listing. (e.g., "political activities"), proper nouns,'and a more specific geographic of the compilation shows Although no institutional indexis included, a ctirsofv examination the University of thallore than a third of the theses and dissertations were done at Southern California, Hawaii, University of Chicago,Columbia University, University of Berkeley campuses. Stanford University, and Universityof California, Los Angeles and words and phrases in the The citations were selectedprimarily on the basis of key done for works at schools that wehad an opportu- titles. A more detailed examination was Although we haile eliminated nity to visit and thoseobtained for our annotation project.* native' countries, for the bene- works from the 1970 publicationrelated to Asians in their in'comparative studies, we have expanded thelisting on other over- fit of those interested parts:, "Asians in the Other seas immigrant Asians. These items are divided into two "Other Over- Americas; contains works on the Asian experiencein Canada and Latin America. Asian countries, though it includes seas Asians" primarilycenters around the Southeast Zealand, Africa, and parts ofEurope. some works onthe Asian experience in Australia, New were able to locate inreadi- We have alsoincluded Some foreign language materials that we ly available bibliographies. United States is While the listing of doctoralmaterials done at universities in the Universities and research centers fairly thorough, the one for master'stheses is not. master's theses publish listings of doctoral titlesfairly regularly; however, guides to number of graduate students in re- are scattered andfew. With the great increase in the American Journal of Sociology haveceased their attempts 0: cent years, sources such as the However, our listing of theses donein California at publishing compilationsof theses. schools and conduct in-library is fairly complete sinceit was possible to visit many search for titles. works is provided Because no information on theusefulness and content of individual annotations in other in this publication, wheneverpossible, we have made reference to (Although available sources and to abstractsin the Dissertation AbstractInternational. abstract series published not noted in the citations,summaries can also be found in the by many schools.) (1971) is *A revised edition of Asians inAmerica: A Selected Annotated Bibliography projected for Spring, 1975 byAsian American Studies at UC Davis: iii The greatest practical problem in using theses anddissertations is accessibility. The least costly avenue is to borrow the desired workfrom the sponsoring school or from the UCLA or UCD collections through Inter-LibraryLoan (ILL). However, not all. institu- tions (the University of Chicago being the mostnotable) loan their holdings, and the ILL service is usually limited to faculty, research staff,and graduate students. The doctoral dissertations which are available through purchase fromUniversity Microfilm in Ann Arbor, Michigan are usually withheld_yy the schools. Although a microfilm copy costs $5.00, the xerox copy, costing $11.00, is easier to use. It is possible to purchase copies of theses and dissertations from the sponsoringinstitutions, and although expensive, this is often the only alternative open for obtaining many old works. These copies are at least 5e per page fomicrofilming and lOt per page for xeroxing. 4 Although analysis of the theses and dissertations was done, someobservations are worth mentioninO. In general, using this source can proveboth fruitful and frustrating since works are of uneven quality. At-bJst, they are intensive scholarly reflections, and at worst, reiterations of the biases and prejudiceswhich have been the hallmark of of duplicative American society. Also,.not all works are unique and there are a number works which focus on the Chinese exclu- efforts. For example, there are no less than eight sion, all covering similar 'grounds: the Burlingame Treaty, the exclusionagitation, and adopted by some of the restrictive legislation. Equally frustrating are the perspectives pro-assimilation stance or strain tne writers. There are too many studies which assume a to establish racial and ethnic differences(e.g., educational studies on intelligence and with specific subject areas, such as race). The most useful works are those which deal local histories or single events, and thosewhich tap the reservoir of non-English materials. degrees In addition to their sometimesquestionable quality, studies done for advanced contributed have not always been responsive to theneeds of the Asian American communities, As theses and to their welfare, or facilitated theunderstanding of their excerience. dissertations will continue to constitute amajor research effort of colleges and univer- sponsoring sities on Asian Americans, it is imperativethat graduate researchers and their institutions take into account the needs and concernsof the community in conducting their the archive shelves. We hope this com- studies. Future work must benefit more than Just need pilation will aid in the evaluation ofwhat has been done and point out areastthat attention. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS their time, We are indebtee to the followingindividuals who have given generously of of Asian American Studies resources, and ideas: Professor George Kagiwada, Coordinator UCLA; and the staff of the