Distinguished Asian American Business Leaders

(Hardback)

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The new Distinguished Asian Americans Series provide thoughtful and thorough accounts of important segments of American society. Each book in the series offers in-depth essays that chronicle the lives of outstanding Asian Americans (from historical and contemporary periods) who have distinguished themselves in the fields of politics, government, science, business, religion, and the arts.

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[t]his good introduction to Asian American business leaders deserves space in academic and large public libraries. Recommended. General and academic collections.-Choice
[t]his will be a useful source for indentifying American entrepreneurs with Asian backgrounds. Recommended for high-school, public, and academic libraries.-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
"this good introduction to Asian American business leaders deserves space in academic and large public libraries. Recommended. General and academic collections."-Choice
"this will be a useful source for indentifying American entrepreneurs with Asian backgrounds. Recommended for high-school, public, and academic libraries."-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
"[t]his good introduction to Asian American business leaders deserves space in academic and large public libraries. Recommended. General and academic collections."-Choice
"[t]his will be a useful source for indentifying American entrepreneurs with Asian backgrounds. Recommended for high-school, public, and academic libraries."-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin

Author Bio

NAOMI HIRAHARA is an independent writer and editor./eA past recipient of a California Community Foundation's Brody Arts Award, she was the English section editor of The Rafu Shimpo, a Japanese American daily newspaper in Los Angeles and a Milton Center Fellow in creative writing at Newman University in Wichita, Kansas. Hirahara is the author of An American Son: The Story of George Aratani, Founder of Mikasa and Kenwood. Her unpublished novel Summer of the Big Bachi was a finalist for Barbara Kingsolver's Bellwether Prize in 2000. She received her degree in international relations from Stanford University and studied at the Inter-University Center for Advanced Language Studies in Tokyo.