Vanishing Filipino Americans - by Peter Jamero (Paperback)

About the Book

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-...

Book Synopsis

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.

Review Quotes

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.

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....

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....

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.