Vanishing Filipino Americans: The Bridge Generation by Peter Jamero
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Documentation of Filipino history in America is largely limited to the experiences of the Manong Generation that immigrated to the U.S. during the early 1900s. Jamero documents the experiences and contributions of the second-generation Filipino Americans-the Bridge Generation-addressing a significant void in the history of Filipinos in America.
A scholarly but accessible book.… Interviews of the surviving Bridge members—and their words in particular, as well as the author's clear narrative—help paint a vivid picture…. Jamero deserves credit for writing an excellent book. It is a valuable addition to the belated and still-evolving process of recording the true depth, the full richness and vibrancy, of Filipino American history. (Peter Bacho, author of Cebu and Dark Blue Suit)
I was truly touched…. Bridge Generation members were caught between two worlds-the America of our birth and the memories of the Philippines our parents left behind. We often did not feel accepted in either one-so we created our own Filipino American world…. Your book will finally allow our unique stories to be told…. (Dorothy Cordova, executive director, Filipino American National Historical Society, Seattle)
A wonderful resource for so many audiences…illuminat[ing] a critical cohort of Filipinos Americans-the children of the pioneers…. [A] thoughtful and long-needed eye-witness account…. (Juanita Tamayo Lott, retired federal senior demographer, author of Asian Americans: From Racial Category to Multiple Identities; co-author of Filipinos in Washington, D.C.)
About the Author
Peter Jamero is a retired health and human services executive who served as assistant secretary of the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, director of the Washington State Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, director of the King County (WA) Department of Human Resources, vice president of the United Way of King County, executive director of the San Francisco City and County Human Rights Commission, branch chief in the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and executive director of the Asian American Recovery Services. After retiring, he wrote Growing up Brown: Memoirs of a Filipino American and The Filipino Young Turks of Seattle: A Unique Experience in the American Sociopolitical Mainstream.
Paperback: 122 pages
Publisher: University Press of America (May 20, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 076185500-9
ISBN-13: 978-07-6-185500-2
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.3 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
A scholarly but accessible book.… Interviews of the surviving Bridge members—and their words in particular, as well as the author's clear narrative—help paint a vivid picture…. Jamero deserves credit for writing an excellent book. It is a valuable addition to the belated and still-evolving process of recording the true depth, the full richness and vibrancy, of Filipino American history. (Peter Bacho, author of Cebu and Dark Blue Suit)
I was truly touched…. Bridge Generation members were caught between two worlds-the America of our birth and the memories of the Philippines our parents left behind. We often did not feel accepted in either one-so we created our own Filipino American world…. Your book will finally allow our unique stories to be told…. (Dorothy Cordova, executive director, Filipino American National Historical Society, Seattle)
A wonderful resource for so many audiences…illuminat[ing] a critical cohort of Filipinos Americans-the children of the pioneers…. [A] thoughtful and long-needed eye-witness account…. (Juanita Tamayo Lott, retired federal senior demographer, author of Asian Americans: From Racial Category to Multiple Identities; co-author of Filipinos in Washington, D.C.)
About the Author
Peter Jamero is a retired health and human services executive who served as assistant secretary of the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, director of the Washington State Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, director of the King County (WA) Department of Human Resources, vice president of the United Way of King County, executive director of the San Francisco City and County Human Rights Commission, branch chief in the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and executive director of the Asian American Recovery Services. After retiring, he wrote Growing up Brown: Memoirs of a Filipino American and The Filipino Young Turks of Seattle: A Unique Experience in the American Sociopolitical Mainstream.
Paperback: 122 pages
Publisher: University Press of America (May 20, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 076185500-9
ISBN-13: 978-07-6-185500-2
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.3 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces