Asian American children : a historical guide / edited by Benson Tong.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-261) and index.

part I. Essays -- Introduction : the worldview of Asian American children / Benson Tong -- Invisible historical players : uncovering the meanings and experiences of children in early Asian American history / Yong Chen -- The convergence of the twain : representations of Asians in St. Nicholas magazine, 1888-1910 / Claudia Nelson -- Growing up in "Hop alley" : Chinese American youth in St. Louis during the early twentieth century / Huping Ling -- Race, generation, and culture among Japanese American children and adolescents during the internment era / Benson Tong -- Gender, family, and community : cultural reconstruction among teenage Laotian girls in northern California / Bindi Shah -- Ensuring upward mobility : obligations of children of immigrant entrepreneurs / Lisa Sun-Hee Park -- Transnationalism among second-generation Asian Indians / Jean Bacon -- pt. II. Documents -- First experiences in America -- Immigration interview transcripts, 1919 -- An agreement to assist a young girl named Loi Yau -- Ah Quin's diary -- The curious case of Ah-Top (a Chinese legend) -- The children of Chinatown in San Francisco -- Quiet odyssey -- A native Filipino's impressions of America -- Juan : the story of a Filipino boy -- Gong Lum et al. v. Rice et al. (1927) -- My contact with Orientals -- Interview with Miss Chiyo Otera -- Life history of J. Lim -- Interview with Thomas W. Chinn -- Buddhism in the United States -- Autobiography of Wayne Hung Wong -- My viewpoint of the evacuation -- The war stamps or bond that you bought today -- Education section : final report, 1945 -- Stanley Hayami's diary -- Letter from Ontario, Oregon, 1944 -- The homeless Asian American -- Interview with Soukanthone "Aly" Vonckamchanch -- Petition for immigration of Amerasian children -- Letter to U.S. Congress from Amerasian youth -- Life history interview : Niloufer Aziz -- When being best isn't good enough : why Yat-pang Au won't be going to Berkeley -- Everybody seemed to be either white or Black, of a full race.