Good Governor.

"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 pub...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Walsh, Matthew R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jefferson, UNITED STATES : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2017.
Temas:
Ray, Robert D., > 1928-2018.
Ray, Robert D., > 1928-2018
Iowa. > Governor's Task Force for Indochinese Resettlement.
Iowa. > Governor's Task Force for Indochinese Resettlement
1900-1999
Indochinese Americans > Iowa > History > 20th century.
Governors > Iowa > Biography.
Lao (Tai people) > Iowa > History > 20th century.
Boat people > Vietnam.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Refugees.
Refugees > Indochina.
Refugees > Iowa > History > 20th century.
Américains d'origine indochinoise > Iowa > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Gouverneurs > Iowa > Biographies.
Lao (Peuple thaï) > Iowa > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Réfugiés de la mer > Viêt-nam.
Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 > Réfugiés.
Réfugiés > Indochine.
Réfugiés > Iowa > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Boat people
Governors
Indochinese Americans
Lao (Tai people)
Politics and government
Refugees
Iowa > Politics and government > 20th century.
Indochina
Iowa
Vietnam
Biographies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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