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The good governor : Robert Ray and the Indochinese refugees of Iowa / Matthew R. Walsh.

Title: The good governor : Robert Ray and the Indochinese refugees of Iowa / Matthew R. Walsh.
Author: Walsh, Matthew R., 1982-
Publication: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]

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vii, 233 pages; 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

Subject

Genre/Form

Biographies
History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

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.

ISBN

9781476669472
1476669473

LCCN

^^2017016867

OCLC

967500966

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library