Non-Fiction
The books:
Filipino American Lives by Yen Le
Espiritu. Temple University Press, Philadelphia. 1995. This is a collection of
first person narratives of Filipino Americans from various walks of life, from all over
America - especially how race, white domination, generation and community have
affected these lives. Some are shallow, some are deep, all are poignant.
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Philippine Costume by J. Moreno
This is a monumental book - covering Philippine Costumes throughout the ages.
There are hundres of photographs, in black and white and in color, of tribal
costumes, 19th century dresses, dresses of the roaring 20s, models of the 50s and
the 60s. Since the author is THE Fashion Czar of Asia, there is a lot of history
included in this handsome coffee table book. Pictures of first ladies and royalties
wearing the author's creation. Pictures of bygone era of Kahirup balls and cotillions
and rigodons at the Manila Hotel and the Malacanang Palace. It really overwhelms the
senses. J. Moreno Foundation, Manila, 1995.
This book is avaialble at Ad Infinitum
in Chicago.
Asian Americans - An Interpretive
History by Sucheng Chan. Twayne Publishers, Boston, 1991. A superbly and
carefully written interpretation of Asian American history. Many chapters and
sections are devoted to Filipino-American history with emphasis on Manongs
and the establishment of Filipino labor unions which gave rise to the present AFL-CIO.
A timeline of Asian American history is added.
In the Heart of Filipino America: Immigrants from the Pacific Isles
by Rebecca Steff, Carol Takaki and Ronald Takaki. 1994. Chelsea House.
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The Filipinos in America by Frank Winter. Lerners Pub Co., 1991.
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"Why should
white guys have all the fun?" How Reginald Lewis Created a Billion-Dollar Business
Empire by Reginald F. Lewis and Blair S. Walker. John Wiley and Sons, 1995. The
biography of Reginald F. Lewis, the late chairman, chief executive, and principal
shareholder of TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc., the biggest African-American
transnational corporation. After his untimely death, his wife, Loida Nicolas-Lewis
took over as chairman of the corporation. From the book: "This a moving saga of personal courage and
termination as well as a virtual how-to book for thos ewho would like to follow in
Lewis's footsteps. Very interesting reading - especially the section on the courtship
of Loida Nicolas by Reginald Lewis (which is the only section I so far has read).
How to
get a green card: Legal ways to stay in the USA by Loida Nicolas-Lewis. Nolo Press
1995. Loida Nicolas-Lewis was a successful immigration lawyer before she took over
her late husband's job. This book has been touted to be THE authority on
immigration strategies.
Dead Season - A Story of Murder and Revenge on the Philippine Island of Negros by Alan Berlow.
Dead Season is a gripping story of three murders in the tumultuous Negros
Island. While Philip Finch's Sugarland is fiction (see the fiction shelf),
Dead Season is
factual --- yet it reads like a mystery novel.
From the book:
"An engrossing gothic tale, the more amazing because it is factual. Dead Season
captures the texture of the island's hallucinatory sugar baron fiefdoms - a mix of myth
and politics, religion and superstition, rumor and history, from which arise often
inexplicable tragedies." - Ninotchka Rosca, author of Twice Blessed.
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