Selected List of Publications

Book:

Park, Edward J.W. (with John S.W. Park). 2005. Probationary Americans : Contemporary Immigration Policies and the Shaping of Asian American Communities. New York: Routledge. Additional information (PDF flyer)

Journal Articles, Book Chapters, and Policy Reports:

Park, Edward J.W. 2007. “Unworthy of a Nation Built by Immigrants: Political Mobilization of H-1B Workers.” In Udai Tambar, ed. Movement of Global Talent: The Impact of High Skill Labor Flows from India and China. Princeton: Policy Research Institute for the Region, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. pp. 75-88. Additional information (Wilson School webpage and draft of the publication)

Park, Edward J.W. 2007. “From Exiles to Ethnics: Korean Americans from 1945 to 1965.” In Korean Experience in North America, Volume 1. Gwacheon City: National Institute of Korean History. pp. 115-125. (In Korean) Additional Information (NIKH Home Page)

Park, Edward J.W. 2006. “Asian Americans.” Entry for the Cambridge Dictionary of Sociology. New York: Cambridge University Press. pp. 23-24. Additional information

Park, Edward J.W. and Wei Li. 2006. “Asian Americans in Silicon Valley: High Technology Industrial Development and Community Transformation.” In Wei Li, ed. The New Asian Immigrant Community: From Urban Enclave to Ethnic Suburb. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press). pp. 119-133. Additional information

Park, Edward J.W. 2005. Koreatown on the Edge. Los Angeles: Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates of Southern California. Full document (PDF file)

Park, Edward J.W. 2004. “Labor Organizing Beyond Race and Nation: The Los Angeles Hilton Case.” In International Journal of Sociology and Social Research. Volume 24, Number 7/8. pp. 137-152. Full document (PDF file)

Park, Edward J.W. 2002. “Asian Pacific Americans and Urban Politics.” In Rick Bonus and Linda Vo, eds. Intersections and Divergences: Contemporary Asian American Communities. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. pp. 202-215. Additional information

Park, Edward J.W. and John S.W. Park. 2002. “Immigration and the Crisis of the Urban Liberal Coalition: The Case of Korean Americans in Los Angeles.” In Michael Jones-Correa, ed. Governing American Cities: Immigration and Urban Politics. New York: Russell Sage Foundation Press. pp. 90-108. Additional information

Park, Edward J.W. 2001. “Community Divided: Korean American Politics in Post-Civil Unrest Los Angeles.” In Marta Lopez-Garza and David R. Diaz, eds. Asians and Latino Immigrants in a Restructuring Economy: The Metamorphosis of Southern California. Stanford: Stanford University Press. pp. 273-288. Additional information

Park, Edward J.W. 2001. “The Impact of Mainstream Political Mobilization on Asian American Communities: The Case of Korean Americans in Los Angeles, 1992-1998.” In Gordon Chang, ed. Asian American Politics: Perspectives, Experiences, Prospects. Stanford: Stanford University Press. pp 285-307. Additional information

Park, Edward J.W. and Leland T. Saito. 2000. “Multiracial Collaborations and Coalitions.” In Paul Ong, ed. The State of Asian Pacific America: Transforming Race Relations. LEAP Public Policy Institute and UCLA Asian American Studies Center. pp. 435-474. Additional information

Park, Edward J.W. 1999. “Racial Ideology and Hiring Decisions in Silicon Valley.” In Qualitative Sociology. Volume 22, Number 3. pp. 223-233. Full document (PDF file)

Park, Edward J.W. 1999. “Friends or Enemies?: Generational Politics in the Korean American Community.” In Qualitative Sociology. Volume 22, Number 2. pp. 161-175. Full document (PDF file)

Park, Edward J.W. and John S.W. Park. 1999. “A New American Dilemma?: Asian Americans and Latinos in American Race Relations Theorizing.” Journal of Asian American Studies. Volume 2, Number 3. pp. 289-309. Full document (MHTML file)

Park, Edward J.W. 1998. “Competing Visions: Political Formation of Korean Americans in Los Angles.” Amerasia Journal. Volume 24: No. 1. pp. 41-57. Additional information

Park, Edward J.W. 1996. "Our L.A.?: Korean Americans in the 'New' Los Angeles." In Michael Dear, H. Eric Schockman, and Greg Hise, eds. Rethinking Los Angeles. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. pp. 153-168. Additional information

Park, Edward J.W. 1996. "Asians Matter: Asian Americans and the High Technology Industry in Silicon Valley." In Bill Ong Hing, ed., The State of Asian America: Immigration Policies. Los Angeles: LEAP Publications. pp. 155-177. Additional information

Park, Edward J.W. et al. 1993. Bridge Toward Unity: Los Angeles in the Aftermath of the April 29, 1992, Civil Unrest. Los Angeles: KIWA Publications.

Book Reviews:

Park, Edward J.W. 2007 (In press). “Review of Deflecting Immigration: Networks, Markets, and Regulation in Los Angeles," by Ivan Light. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2006. In International Journal of Urban and Regional Research.

Park, Edward J.W. 2001. “Review of Koreans in the Hood: Conflict with African Americans," edited by Kwang Chung Kim. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999. In Contemporary Sociology. Volume 30: No. 5. pp. 461-462.

Park, Edward J.W. 1999. “Review of The Korean American Dream: Immigrants and Small Business in New York City," by Kyeyoung Park. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1997. In Journal of American Ethnic History. Volume 19, Number 1. pp. 85-86.

Park, Edward J.W. 1999. “Review of On My Own: Korean American Businesses and Race Relations in America," by In-Jin Yoon. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997. In The Annals of the American Academy. Volume 564. pp. 228-229.

Park, Edward J.W. 1998. “Review Essay of New Pioneers in the Heartland: Hmong Life in Wisconsin, by Jo Ann Koltyk. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1998. Changes and Conflict: Korean Immigrant Families in New York, by Pyong Gap Min. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1998. And Pride Against Prejudice: Haitians in the United States, by Alex Stepick. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1998." In Contemporary Sociology. Volume 27: No. 6. pp. 624-625.

Park, Edward J.W. 1998. “Review of Blue Dreams: Korean Americans and the Los Angeles Riots” by Nancy Abelmann and John Lie. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1995. In Journal of Asian American Studies. Volume 1: No. 1. pp. 101-103.

Park, Edward J.W. 1996. “Review of Postethnic America: Beyond Multiculturalism,” by David A. Hollinger. New York: Basic Books, 1995. In Contemporary Sociology. 25:4. pp.475-476.