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Diversity in Diaspora : Hmong Americans in the Twenty-First Century /

The Secret War in Laos, which was part of the Vietnam War and the Cold War, ended in 1975. The end of this war forced an estimated one-half of the Hmong of Laos to become refugees abroad, and the majority of these refugees were resettled in the United States. This anthology wrestles with Hmong Ameri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Pfeifer, Mark Edward, 1968- (Editor ), Chiu, Monica, 1965- (Editor ), Yang, Kou (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • The American experience of the Hmong : a historical review / by Kou Yang
  • Hmong Americans : a demographic portrait / by Mark Pfeifer
  • An analysis of poverty in Hmong American communities / by Yang Sao Xiong
  • Civic values and political engagement in two Hmong American communities / by Carolyn Wong
  • Electoral participation in the Hmong American community : an initial analysis / by Stephen Doherty
  • Great expectations : the struggles of Hmong American high school boys / by Bic Ngo and Pa Nhia Lor
  • Women in the Hmong diaspora / by Dia Cha
  • Hmong Americans : the conceptualization and experience of aging in the United States / by Linda Gerdner
  • The double diaspora : China and Laos in the folklore of Hmong American refugees / by Jeremy Hein
  • "Reharmonizing" the generations : rap, poetry, and Hmong oral tradition / by Nick Poss
  • Haunting and inhabitation in Yang's Latehomecomer : a Hmong family memoir / by Monica Chiu
  • Hmong American studies : a bibliographic essay / by Mark Pfeifer.