Asian Indian Culture in America: A Bibliography of Research Documents. A Research Report.

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Acculturation; Asian Americans; Behavior Patterns; Civil Rights; Culture; Employment Patterns; Family Characteristics; Immigrants; Immigration; Indians; Literature; Mass Media; Political Attitudes; Religious Cultural Groups; United States History

This bibliography has been prepared as a research tool for scholars who want to conduct studies about Asian Indian Americans. Only a few published works on Asian Indian Americans are available in book length; most are journal articles, monographs, research reports, dissertations and theses, newspaper articles, and unpublished manuscripts. Works cited are grouped into 35 chapters (following a preface and introduction) that cover the following topics: (1) overviews of the Asian Indian population; (2) theoretical perspectives; (3) history of immigration, immigration patterns, and population profiles; (4) literary writings (poetry, fiction, short stories, juvenile literature, and essays) by Asian Indian Americans; (5) social life and customs; (6) teaching and studying about Asian Indian Americans; (7) political attitudes and behavior; (8) family environment; (9) community and legal environments; (10) health perspectives; (11) employment and economic status; (12) Asian Indian American professionals and businesses; (13) Asian Indian American students; (14) civil rights and discrimination; (15) interviews and surveys; (16) cultural assimilation and religiosity; (17) issues of children, women, and the elderly; (18) consumer and investment behavior; (19) biographies and travelogues; (20) community directories; (21) magazines and newspapers; (22) videos, movies, and musical productions; and (23) bibliographies on Asian Indian Americans. Contains 762 references. (SLD)

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