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  • January 8, 2009 at 4:22 am #5152
    Rob_Hugo@PortNW
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    I came across many books (many of them are reference books for the teacher instead of textbooks for students though); I believe you can find these books on amazon or other online book stores

    Opium War 1840-1842 by Peter Ward Fay, University of NC, 1998
    China: Fragile Superpower by Susan Shirk, Oxford, 2007
    Bonds of Civility by Eiko Ikegami, Cambridge, 2005
    Nobility and Civility by Wm. Theodore DeBary, Harvard, 2004
    Occidentalism by Ian Buruma and Avishai Margalit, Penguin, 2005
    Indonesian Destinies, 2005
    Ho Chi Minh by William Duiker, Huperion, 2001

    January 8, 2009 at 4:23 am #29624
    Anonymous
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    PBS:

    Japan: Memories of a Secret Empire, 2004

    Korean War Stories, 2001

    (the China: A Century of Revolution is great too!)

    January 8, 2009 at 7:33 pm #29625
    Anonymous
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    I plan to get the book on the Opium War. Thank you for the tip. I really didn't know much about the Opium War until I took this seminar. The history of this epidemic, and how people were under the influence of opium to the point where they didn't want to do anything, was very interesting. The opium dens seem to be a lot like crack houses, except more acceptable at first.

    Well, my interest has been peeked, and I will now read about it.

    Thanks,
    Dawn

    January 9, 2009 at 12:01 pm #29626
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    I was disappointed that I was not able to find anything from Ancient Civilizations on PBS to use for the book grant.

    Did anyone catch the full title for was it - "The Girl Who Like Caterpillars" by Little ??? and other Japanese Children's Stories? My notes are scrambled on this page and don't make sense.

    January 13, 2009 at 11:13 am #29627
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    One book that I particularly learned was a good reference of Korean-American experience is "Native Speaker" by Chang-Rae Lee.

    Another book you might be interested to read, that should be considered a classic and I absolutely loved in high school was "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan. This is about the generation gaps between the first and second generation of Chinese immigrants and their children who were born and raised in America. There is also an excellent movie that you can use as a supplement to the student's learning.

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