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The good governor : Robert Ray and the Indochinese refugees of Iowa
- Title
- The good governor : Robert Ray and the Indochinese refugees of Iowa / Matthew R. Walsh.
- Author
- Walsh, Matthew R., 1982-2018
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]
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Details
- Description
- vii, 233 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "After Americans withdrew from the Vietnam War, Indochinese allies faced imprisonment, torture and death under communist regimes. The Tai Dam, an ethnic group from northern Vietnam, campaigned for sanctuary in 1975. Governor Robert D. Ray of Iowa agreed to help. Interviews with refugees and public officials inform this comprehensive study of Iowa's resettlement program"--
- Alternative Title
- Robert Ray and the Indochinese refugees of Iowa
- Subjects
- Iowa > Politics and government > 20th century
- Refugees > Iowa > History > 20th century
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Refugees
- Boat people > Vietnam
- Governors > Iowa > Biography
- Indochinese Americans > Iowa > History > 20th century
- Iowa > Governor's Task Force for Indochinese Resettlement
- Lao (Tai people) > Iowa > History > 20th century
- Ray, Robert D., 1928-2018
- Refugees > Indochina
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-230) and index.
- Contents
- Beginnings and endings at Dien Bien Phu -- Bending the rules of federal refugee policy -- The growing pains of the Iowa Refugee Service Denter -- Tai Dam as professional refugees -- The Boat People come to Iowa -- Iowa SHARES and the Cambodian refugees -- The littlest victims -- Children as cultural go betweens -- Robert Ray and the Indochinese refugees.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-6483
- ISBN
- 9781476669472
- 1476669473
- LCCN
- 2017016867
- OCLC
- 967500966
- Author
- Walsh, Matthew R., 1982-2018, author.
- Title
- The good governor : Robert Ray and the Indochinese refugees of Iowa / Matthew R. Walsh.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-230) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-6483