Asian refugees in America narratives of escape and adaptation
Newcomers from China -- Newcomers from Vietnam -- The first wave, 1975 -- Looking back, years later -- The second wave, the "boat people" -- Newcomers from Cambodia -- Land of the free.
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Jefferson, North Carolina, London
McFarland & Company
2011
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Newcomers from China -- Newcomers from Vietnam -- The first wave, 1975 -- Looking back, years later -- The second wave, the "boat people" -- Newcomers from Cambodia -- Land of the free. "This oral history documents the Asian immigrant experience as never before. Here are the stories of desperate individuals who swam to escape from China to Macao and Hong Kong; of Chinese daughters considered worthless by their families; of political refugees from Vietnam; of ethnic Chinese who fled by boat from Vietnam; of refugees from the genocide in Cambodia"--Publisher's description |
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| Beschreibung: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 221-222 |
| Beschreibung: | vii, 225 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 0786463392 0-7864-6339-2 9780786463398 978-0-7864-6339-8 |