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Title

Ancestors in the Americas [videorecording] : coolies, sailors, settlers / a producer, director, writer, Loni Ding.

Publication

Berkeley, Calif. USA : Center for Educational Telecommunications, c1996.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ding, Loni.
• Shimono, Sab.
• Center for Educational Telecommunications.

Description

1 videocassette (65 min.) : sd., col. and b&w; 1/2 in.

Summary

The untold story of how Asians--Filipino, Chinese, Asian Indian--first arrived in the Americas. Film crosses centuries and oceans from the 16th century Manila-Acapulco trade, to the Opium War, to the 19th century plantation coolie labor in South America and the Caribbean.

Series Statement

Asian American history series ; pt. 1

Alternative Title

• Coolies, sailors, settlers
• Coolies, sailors, settlers : voyage to the New World

Subjects

• Immigrants > South America > History
• Asian Americans > History
• Immigrants > Caribbean Area > History
• East Indian Americans > History
• Immigrants > United States > History
• Chinese Americans > History
• Filipino Americans > History
• America > Emigration and immigration > History
• Immigrants > America > History

Note

• Series statement from container.

Credits (note)

• Editor, Eric Ladenburg.

System Details (note)

• VHS.

Call Number

*UGS-803

OCLC

41916498

Title

Ancestors in the Americas [videorecording] : coolies, sailors, settlers / a producer, director, writer, Loni Ding.

Imprint

Berkeley, Calif. USA : Center for Educational Telecommunications, c1996.

Series

Asian American history series ; pt. 1

System Details

VHS.

Performer

Narrator, Sab Shimono.

Credits

Editor, Eric Ladenburg.

Added Author

Ding, Loni.

Shimono, Sab.

Center for Educational Telecommunications.

Research Call Number

*UGS-803 [Video]