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Book The 21st Century Filipino Dream

Download or read book The 21st Century Filipino Dream written by Immanoel J. Depedro and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Great Filipino Dream

Download or read book The Great Filipino Dream written by Immanoel J. DePedro and published by Rex Bookstore, Inc.. This book was released on 1996 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Great Filipino Dream 2000 Ed

Download or read book The Great Filipino Dream 2000 Ed written by and published by Rex Bookstore, Inc.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Finding a Mate in the 21st Century

Download or read book Finding a Mate in the 21st Century written by Peter Friedlander and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An informative guide to successful strategies for finding your ideal mate under the new, increasingly competitive conditions. Discover all the ways to find a mate: new, old, hi-tech, aggressive, conservative, daring, here and abroad.

Book Concepcion

Download or read book Concepcion written by Albert Samaha and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-10-11 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Absolutely extraordinary...A landmark in the contemporary literature of the diaspora.” —Jia Tolentino, author of Trick Mirror “If Concepcion were only about Samaha’s mother, it would already be wholly worthwhile. But she was one of eight children in the Concepcion family, whose ancestry Samaha traces in this. . . powerful book.” –The New York Times A journalist's powerful and incisive account reframes how we comprehend the immigrant experience Nearing the age at which his mother had migrated to the US, part of the wave of non-Europeans who arrived after immigration quotas were relaxed in 1965, Albert Samaha began to question the ironclad belief in a better future that had inspired her family to uproot themselves from their birthplace. As she, her brother Spanky—a rising pop star back in Manila, now working as a luggage handler at San Francisco airport—and others of their generation struggled with setbacks amid mounting instability that seemed to keep prosperity ever out of reach, he wondered whether their decision to abandon a middle-class existence in the Philippines had been worth the cost. Tracing his family’s history through the region’s unique geopolitical roots in Spanish colonialism, American intervention, and Japanese occupation, Samaha fits their arc into the wider story of global migration as determined by chess moves among superpowers. Ambitious, intimate, and incisive, Concepcion explores what it might mean to reckon with the unjust legacy of imperialism, to live with contradiction and hope, to fight for the unrealized ideals of an inherited homeland.

Book Honor in the Dust

    Book Details:
  • Author : Gregg Jones
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2013-01-23
  • ISBN : 0451239180
  • Pages : 449 pages

Download or read book Honor in the Dust written by Gregg Jones and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-01-23 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Fascinating.”—New York Times Book Review • “Well-written.”—The Boston Globe • “Extraordinary.”—The Christian Science Monitor • “A compelling page-turner.”—Adam Hochschild On the eve of a new century, an up-and-coming Theodore Roosevelt set out to transform the U.S. into a major world power. The Spanish-American War would forever change America's standing in global affairs, and drive the young nation into its own imperial showdown in the Philippines. From Admiral George Dewey's legendary naval victory in Manila Bay to the Rough Riders' heroic charge up San Juan Hill, from Roosevelt's rise to the presidency to charges of U.S. military misconduct in the Philippines, Honor in the Dust brilliantly captures an era brimming with American optimism and confidence as the nation expanded its influence abroad.

Book Between Declarations and Dreams  Art of Southeast Asia since the 19th Century

Download or read book Between Declarations and Dreams Art of Southeast Asia since the 19th Century written by Low Sze Wee and published by National Gallery Singapore. This book was released on 2015-11-30 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Years in the making, Between Declarations and Dreams is National Gallery Singapore’s inaugural exhibition of the art of Southeast Asia from the 19th century to the present. This handsome catalogue tracks the broad time periods and thematic sections of the exhibition with more than 300 artwork images. These are accompanied by essays that provide curatorial insight to a task as monumental and intricate as the positing an art history of a region as diverse as Southeast Asia.

Book Golden Dreams

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  • Author : Kevin Starr
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2009-07-10
  • ISBN : 0199923140
  • Pages : 601 pages

Download or read book Golden Dreams written by Kevin Starr and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-10 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A narrative tour de force that combines wide-ranging scholarship with captivating prose, Kevin Starr's acclaimed multi-volume Americans and the California Dream is an unparalleled work of cultural history. In this volume, Starr covers the crucial postwar period--1950 to 1963--when the California we know today first burst into prominence. Starr brilliantly illuminates the dominant economic, social, and cultural forces in California in these pivotal years. In a powerful blend of telling events, colorful personalities, and insightful analyses, Starr examines such issues as the overnight creation of the postwar California suburb, the rise of Los Angeles as Super City, the reluctant emergence of San Diego as one of the largest cities in the nation, and the decline of political centrism. He explores the Silent Generation and the emergent Boomer youth cult, the Beats and the Hollywood "Rat Pack," the pervasive influence of Zen Buddhism and other Asian traditions in art and design, the rise of the University of California and the emergence of California itself as a utopia of higher education, the cooling of West Coast jazz, freeway and water projects of heroic magnitude, outdoor life and the beginnings of the environmental movement. More broadly, he shows how California not only became the most populous state in the Union, but in fact evolved into a mega-state en route to becoming the global commonwealth it is today. Golden Dreams continues an epic series that has been widely recognized for its signal contribution to the history of American culture in California. It is a book that transcends its stated subject to offer a wealth of insight into the growth of the Sun Belt and the West and indeed the dramatic transformation of America itself in these pivotal years following the Second World War.

Book Whither the Philippines in the 21st Century

Download or read book Whither the Philippines in the 21st Century written by Rodolfo C Severino and published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. This book was released on 2007 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines contradictory economic and political trends occurring in the Philippines in order to gain a sense of the country's prospects.

Book The Filipino American Journey

Download or read book The Filipino American Journey written by Tatay Jobo Elizes Pub and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-01-14 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Filipino American Journey is a collection of inspirational stories that highlight the qualities and values that are synonymous with the Filipino people: hard work, resiliency in the face of adversity, faith in God and in family, enriched with the nurturing bonds of community.Journalist Josie Moralidad Ziman, a native of Iloilo City, Philippines is a radio correspondent and White House Correspondent for Radio Mindanao Network, Iloilo, Philippines, and a writer for Manila Mail newspaper in Washington DC, compiles this anthology of articles she has written about Filipino-American subjects to celebrate the achievements, underscore the sacrifices, and inspire hope in the community through the stories contained in this book.The stories are a rich, up close and personal profile of Filipinos in America - a 21st century immigrant generation, pursuing their dreams in an America ambivalent about immigration and assimilation, but still a land of opportunity.

Book Philippine Journal of Education

Download or read book Philippine Journal of Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book THE FILIPINO DREAM  RISING ABOVE AND BEYOND

Download or read book THE FILIPINO DREAM RISING ABOVE AND BEYOND written by Dr. Al Zike and published by Dr. Al Zike. This book was released on 2024-07-25 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the humble town of Catbalogan, Samar, the Ambong family lived a life of daily struggles and unyielding love. Joselito and Periah fought tirelessly to provide for their four daughters—Monica, Jasmine, Kristine, and Sofia. Amidst their hardships, Monica's determination to alter their fate led her to Michael Kaur, a retired New Zealander who promised a new beginning. As Monica enters a new life in Lyttelton, she faces cultural challenges and builds an unexpected bond with Michael. Her journey of hope extends to her sisters, Jasmine and Kristine, as they brave new worlds in Saudi Arabia and Qatar while Sofia embarks on a path to becoming a nurse in the Philippines. Their collective sacrifices transform the Ambong family's reality, lifting them from poverty to the middle class. Yet, as they achieve their dreams, shadows from the past and new challenges test their unity. Will their bond withstand the trials, and can they fulfill their ultimate dream of building a resort in Catbalogan? "The Filipino Dream: The Ambong Family's Journey" weaves a tapestry of resilience, love, and the pursuit of a better life. Join the Ambong family as they navigate the tumultuous seas of change, anchored by their unbreakable spirit and the enduring strength of family.

Book A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves

Download or read book A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves written by Jason DeParle and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of The Washington Post's 10 Best Books of the Year "A remarkable book...indispensable."--The Boston Globe "A sweeping, deeply reported tale of international migration...DeParle's understanding of migration is refreshingly clear-eyed and nuanced."--The New York Times "This is epic reporting, nonfiction on a whole other level...One of the best books on immigration written in a generation."--Matthew Desmond, author of Evicted The definitive chronicle of our new age of global migration, told through the multi-generational saga of a Filipino family, by a veteran New York Times reporter and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist. When Jason DeParle moved into the Manila slums with Tita Comodas and her family three decades ago, he never imagined his reporting on them would span three generations and turn into the defining chronicle of a new age--the age of global migration. In a monumental book that gives new meaning to "immersion journalism," DeParle paints an intimate portrait of an unforgettable family as they endure years of sacrifice and separation, willing themselves out of shantytown poverty into a new global middle class. At the heart of the story is Tita's daughter, Rosalie. Beating the odds, she struggles through nursing school and works her way across the Middle East until a Texas hospital fulfills her dreams with a job offer in the States. Migration is changing the world--reordering politics, economics, and cultures across the globe. With nearly 45 million immigrants in the United States, few issues are as polarizing. But if the politics of immigration is broken, immigration itself--tens of millions of people gathered from every corner of the globe--remains an underappreciated American success. Expertly combining the personal and panoramic, DeParle presents a family saga and a global phenomenon. Restarting her life in Galveston, Rosalie brings her reluctant husband and three young children with whom she has rarely lived. They must learn to become a family, even as they learn a new country. Ordinary and extraordinary at once, their journey is a twenty-first-century classic, rendered in gripping detail.

Book Filipinas Magazine

Download or read book Filipinas Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 940 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The SAGE Handbook of the 21st Century City

Download or read book The SAGE Handbook of the 21st Century City written by Suzanne Hall and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2017-10-16 with total page 1025 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The SAGE Handbook of the 21st Century City focuses on the dynamics and disruptions of the contemporary city in relation to capricious processes of global urbanisation, mutation and resistance. An international range of scholars engage with emerging urban conditions and inequalities in experimental ways, speaking to new ideas of what constitutes the urban, highlighting empirical explorations and expanding on contributions to policy and design. The handbook is organised around nine key themes, through which familiar analytic categories of race, gender and class, as well as binaries such as the urban/rural, are readdressed. These thematic sections together capture the volatile processes and intricacies of urbanisation that reveal the turbulent nature of our early twenty-first century: Hierarchy: Elites and Evictions Productivity: Over-investment and Abandonment Authority: Governance and Mobilisations Volatility: Disruption and Adaptation Conflict: Vulnerability and Insurgency Provisionality: Infrastructure and Incrementalism Mobility: Re-bordering and De-bordering Civility: Contestation and Encounter Design: Speculation and Imagination This is a provocative, inter-disciplinary handbook for all academics and researchers interested in contemporary urban studies.

Book United States Foreign Policy   National Identity in the 21st Century

Download or read book United States Foreign Policy National Identity in the 21st Century written by Kenneth Christie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-09-05 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the complex relationship between United States foreign policy and American national identity as it has changed from the post-cold war period through the defining moment of 9/11 and into the 21st century. Starting with a discussion of notions of American identity in an historical sense, the contributors go on to examine the most central issues in US foreign policy and their impact on national identity including: the end of the Cold War, the rise of neo-conservatism, ideas of US Empire and the influence of the 'War on Terror'. The book sheds significant new light on the continuities and discontinuities in the relationship of US identity to foreign policy.

Book I Was Their American Dream

Download or read book I Was Their American Dream written by Malaka Gharib and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A portrait of growing up in America, and a portrait of family, that pulls off the feat of being both intimately specific and deeply universal at the same time. I adored this book.”—Jonny Sun “[A] high-spirited graphical memoir . . . Gharib’s wisdom about the power and limits of racial identity is evident in the way she draws.”—NPR WINNER OF THE ARAB AMERICAN BOOK AWARD • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR • The New York Public Library • Kirkus Reviews I Was Their American Dream is at once a coming-of-age story and a reminder of the thousands of immigrants who come to America in search for a better life for themselves and their children. The daughter of parents with unfulfilled dreams themselves, Malaka navigated her childhood chasing her parents' ideals, learning to code-switch between her family's Filipino and Egyptian customs, adapting to white culture to fit in, crushing on skater boys, and trying to understand the tension between holding onto cultural values and trying to be an all-American kid. Malaka Gharib's triumphant graphic memoir brings to life her teenage antics and illuminates earnest questions about identity and culture, while providing thoughtful insight into the lives of modern immigrants and the generation of millennial children they raised. Malaka's story is a heartfelt tribute to the American immigrants who have invested their future in the promise of the American dream. Praise for I Was Their American Dream “In this time when immigration is such a hot topic, Malaka Gharib puts an engaging human face on the issue. . . . The push and pull first-generation kids feel is portrayed with humor and love, especially humor. . . . Gharib pokes fun at all of the cultures she lives in, able to see each of them with an outsider’s wry eye, while appreciating them with an insider’s close experience. . . . The question of ‘What are you?’ has never been answered with so much charm.”—Marissa Moss, New York Journal of Books “Forthright and funny, Gharib fiercely claims her own American dream.”—Booklist “Thoughtful and relatable, this touching account should be shared across generations.”– Library Journal “This charming graphic memoir riffs on the joys and challenges of developing a unique ethnic identity.”– Publishers Weekly