It is important to note that this is the only book on Asian adolescents
which will have a wide range of readership, such as academics. professionals, students, social workers and the Asian community. It will be good reference point for future work as it collates all relevant past and present theoretical and empirical works.

Journal of |Adolescent, 1999, 22 , 881-882.

This is Ghuman's most important contribution. It is a book that says more in 150 pages than most do in 300. It is packed with references for further study and is comprehensive  in its psychological treatment of Asian teenagers. It is essential reading for an international audience to understand that maintaining linguistic and cultural diversity requires the borders of our thinking to become much less territorial and far more global.

Prof. Colin Baker FBPsS, The Welsh Journal of Education

The book is written in an accessible style and is free of unnecessary jargon. Its major strength is the clarity with which theoretical perspectives, positions and arguments are described and illustrated through the use of empirical evidnece...That he avoids 'false' universalism whilst deconstructing both negative and positive aspects of Asian identities is commendable.

Journal of Higher Education, Vole, 23, 1999.

Ghuman brings out well the tension between a Western view of individual rights and fostered in schools and through the media, and a view often held in more traditional Asian society that institution such as biraderi....For those relatively new to this area, maybe teachers in training or in-service, or those starting out research, this book raises interesting issues.
 
D.A. Eaude Oxford University, British Journal of Educational Studies June, 2000