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Hmong means free : life in Laos and America
- Title
- Hmong means free : life in Laos and America / edited and with an introduction by Sucheng Chan.
- Publication
- Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1994.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | DS558.8 .H56 1994 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Chan, Sucheng.
- Description
- xxv, 267 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Describes five Hmong families, in their own words, who lived as farmers in Laos, became refugees after a Communist government came into power in 1975, and immigrated to the United States, and the effects on their lives of leaving their homes and making a new identities.
- Series Statement
- Asian American history and culture series
- Uniform Title
- Asian American history and culture
- Subject
- 1900-1999
- Geschichte 1961-1975
- Hmong Americans > California > Biography
- Immigrants > California > Biography
- Hmong (Asian people) > Laos > Biography
- Hmong (Asian people) > Laos > History > 20th century
- 73.06 ethnography
- Hmong Americans
- Hmong (Asian people)
- Immigrants
- Erlebnisbericht
- Vietnamkrieg
- Flüchtling
- Hmong (volk)
- Migranten
- Vietnam-oorlog
- Laos > History > 20th century
- California
- Laos
- Miao
- USA
- Laos
- Genre/Form
- Biography
- Biographies.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-264)
- Contents
- Introduction. The Hmong experience in Asia and the United States. Ch. 1. The Xiong family of Goleta. ch. 2. The Xiong family of Lompoc. ch. 3. The Fang family of San Diego. ch. 4. The Tcha family of Fresno. ch. 5. The Moua family of Sanger.
- ISBN
- 1566391628
- 9781566391627
- 1566391636
- 9781566391634
- LCCN
- 93011650
- OCLC
- ocm28498633
- 28498633
- SCSB-14472209
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library