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PARTIAL CONTENTS: PART ONE History and Current Status of Asian Americans - An Overview - The History of Asians in America - Immigration Laws and Their Effects PART TWO Stereotypes and the Model Minority Myth - A Threat in the Air: How Stereotypes Shape Intellectual Identity and Performance - Getting the Message: Media Images and Stereotypes and Their Effect on Asian Americans - Asian Americans as a Model Minority: Self-Perceptions and Perceptions by Other Racial Groups - When Positive Stereotypes Threaten Intellectual Performance: The Psychological Hazards of "Model Minority" Status PART THREE Prejudice, Discrimination, and Racism - 2002 Audit of Violence against Asian Pacific Americans - The Model Minority Myth and Perceptions of Asian-Americans as Victims of Racial Harassment - Racism - Internment and Intergenerational Relations PART FOUR Worldviews and Cultural Values - Individualism and Collectivism: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Self-Ingroup Relationships - The Use of Culturally-Based Variables in Assessment: Studies on Loss of Face - Asian Cultural Values and the Counseling Process: Current Knowledge and Directions for Future Research - Don't Stand So Close to Me: The Effects of Self-Construal on Interpersonal Closeness PART FIVE Acculturation and Enculturation - Conceptual Approaches to Acculturation - Is Acculturation Unidimensional or Bidimensional? A Head-to-Head Comparison in the Prediction of Personality, Self-Identity, and Adjustment - A Qualitative Study of Adaptation Experiences of 1.5-Generation Asian Americans