7 Gardena, California: Two Generations of a Japanese American Majority City Council

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 The Suburbanization of Asian American Politics 11
7. 2 Political Mobilization and Incorporation: An Analytical Framework 29
8. 3 From Exclusion to Inclusion: The Four Stages of Asian American Politics 41
9. 4 Locating Contemporary Political Incorporation: The Suburb vs. the Metropolis 53
10. 5 Cupertino, California: A Panethnic Suburb in Silicon Valley 65
11. 6 Garden Grove and Westminster, California: Vietnamese American Political Incorporation in Orange County’s “Little Saigon” 87
12. 7 Gardena, California: Two Generations of a Japanese American Majority City Council 103
13. 8 Montgomery County, Maryland: Emerging Asian American Suburbs Inside the Washington Beltway 115
14. 9 Sugar Land, Texas: The Political Awakenings of Asian Americans in a Houston Suburb 137
15. 10 Bellevue, Washington: Asian American Politics in a Pacific Northwest Suburb 161
16. 11 Daly City, California: The Barriers to Filipino American Political Incorporation 187
17. 12 Eau Claire, Wisconsin: The Political Rise of the Hmong American Community 199
18. 13 Fitchburg, Massachusetts: The Political Incorporation of Asian Americans in a Boston Suburb 213
19. 14 Forging Ahead: The Future Political Trajectories of Asian Americans 227
20. Acronyms 249
21. References 251
22. Index 263
23. About the Book 279