Books published by Temple University Press,U.S.

Argues that the disciplinary divisions of academia have trapped us in a paradigm that assumes knowledge is a certainty and that it can help us explain the social world. This work offers a fresh conception of the social sciences, one whose methodology allows for uncertainties.

Telling the story of the drive to create consumer capitalism abroad through political pressure, this book explains that the primary goal of the foreign and economic policies of the United States is a world which reflects their way of doing business. It shows how this drive for global hegemony is now backfiring.

A collection of essays which examine the ways in which the colonial history of the Philippines has shaped Filipino American identity, culture, and community formation. It shows how an understanding of this history provides a foundation for theoretical frameworks for Filipino American studies.

Tells the life story of Dora Yum Kim. In this title, the author reflects on how Dora's story relates to her own experience as a Korean-American who immigrated to this country as an adult - she carves around Dora's compelling and courageous life story, a story of her own and one of all Korean-Americans.