Reference Sources
Reference works like these can be invaluable for providing an overview of a topic, as well as summarizing the scholarly conversation and pointing to key readings for further research.
Oxford Bibliographies Online: Vietnam War • Vietnam War Literature • Indochina Wars, 1946-1975 • Vietnam War in Hollywood Feature Films • Asian Americans • Asian American Mobilization and Political Identities • Asian American Cinema
The Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A Political, Social, and Military History by Ccovers not only the American experience in Vietnam, but also the entire scope of Vietnamese history, including the French experience and the Indochina War. It also provides the most complete and accurate order of battle ever published, based upon data compiled from Vietnamese sources. Contains more than 200 primary sources in a separate documents volume.
The Vietnam Experience: Literature, Songs, and Films by Forty-four essays, each providing detailed information on an important film, song, or literary work about Vietnam. Each essay provides the historical background on issues or events addressed in the work; the work's creation; critical and popular reception; and sources for further information. An appendix lists more than 275 films, songs, and literary works dealing with the war.
Words of the Vietnam War: Slang, Jargon, Euphemisms, etc. by Cu Chi (body bag), Shit-hook (Chinook helicopter), dink (Vietnamese slang for a G.I.), hose (kill), boom-boom (what's done in a tapioca mill, or whorehouse), Mike-Juliet (marijuana), pogey bait, DO-28, C-2A, L Zed (Aussie for landing zone), rat-turds (oak leaf clusters): these and the 10,000 others in this dictionary are the words of the Vietnam era. See "Enemy" on page 164 for a list of words that American G.I.s used for the Vietnamese.
Vietnam War Slang: A Dictionary by Much like the offensive phrase "Chinese virus," the words and phrases that non-Asians invented to describe the Vietnamese convey the prejudice that Asian Americans faced. This book can be requested for pick-up at Lamont Library.
Asian American Short Story Writers: An A-to-Z Guide by Includes 49 nationally and internationally acclaimed Asian American writers of short fiction. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and includes a biography, a discussion of major works and themes, a survey of the writer's critical reception, and primary and secondary bibliographies.
The Oxford Handbook of Asian American HistoryIn this volume, thirty leading scholars trace Asian American history from the beginning of the migration flows toward the Pacific Islands and the American continent to Japanese American incarceration and Asian American participation in World War II; from the experience of exclusion, violence, and racism to the social and political activism of the late twentieth century. This is an unprecedentedly detailed portrait of Asian Americans and how they have helped change the face of the United States.
Dictionary of Asian American History by This unique historical dictionary recounts the experience of immigrants from more than ten countries in East and Southeast Asia and assesses the cultural, social, economic, and political impact of these groups on United States history. Each entry includes its own bibliography. Fourteen historical and sociological essays, written by outstanding Asian specialists, provide analyses of particular groups and issues. An extensive general bibliography on Asian-American history and a comprehensive chronology of events are additional features.
The Routledge Companion to Asian American and Pacific Islander Literature by This volume addresses historical periods, geographies and literary identities; and looks at different genres, forms, and interdisciplinarity With 41 essays from scholars in the field, this collection is a comprehensive guide to a significant area of literary study for students and teachers of Ethnic American, Asian diasporic and Pacific Islander Literature.
