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The Vietnamese experience in America /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington, Ind. :
Indiana University Press,
©1992.
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| Colección: | Minorities in modern America.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- I. The Vietnamese entrance into America.
- The fall of Saigon
- The first and second waves of refugees
- Subsequent waves of refugee peoples
- Refugees and immigrants
- The countries of first asylum
- The countries of second asylum.
- II. Emigration to the United States.
- The flight
- Experiences in transit
- Entry and orientation.
- III. Initial resettlement.
- U.S. resettlement policies
- Community reception
- Community conflict
- Vietnamese culture in America
- Vietnamese religious life
- Vietnamese community organizations
- Mutual assistance associations.
- IV. The Vietnamese-American community.
- Adaptation and stabilization
- Cultural continuity
- The boat people
- The orderly departure program.
- V. Societal integration and adjustment.
- Employment
- Occupational characterizations and patterns
- Assistance programs and utilization
- Coping and education
- Transportation
- Housing
- Health care and cultural values
- Mental health problems
- Interethnic competition
- Intraethnic competition.
- VI. Personal adjustments and self-identity.
- Language acquisition
- Family customs and kinship
- Family size and characteristics
- The emerging family and economics
- Changing roles within the family
- Courtship, marriage, and family traditions
- Amerasians and the resettlement process
- The celebration of Têt.
- VII. Contemporary Vietnamese-American society.
- Stability and fluidity
- An emerging model of adaptation
- Achievement in America
- The outlook for the future.