The Dust of Life : America's Children Abandoned in Vietnam /

"The Dust of Life is a collection of vivid and devastating oral histories of Vietnamese Amerasians. Abandoned during the war by their American fathers, discriminated against by the victorious Communists, and ignored for many years by the American government, they endured life in impoverished Vi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McKelvey, Robert S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 1999.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Vietnamese Americans.
Ameriasians > United States.
Children of military personnel > Vietnam.
Ameriasians > Vietnam.
Eurasier
US-Soldat
Ethnizität
Diskriminierung
Minderheitenpolitik
Unerwünschtes Kind
Soldat
Vietnamkrieg
Children of military personnel.
Amerasians.
Abandoned children.
Americains d'origine vietnamienne.
Amerasiens > États-Unis.
Enfants abandonnes > Viêt-nam.
Enfants de militaires > Viêt-nam.
Amerasiens > Viêt-nam.
Amerasians > United States.
Abandoned children > Vietnam.
Amerasians > Vietnam.
USA.
USA
Vietnam
Vietnam.
United States.
Oregon authors.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Who are the Vietnamese Amerasians?
  • Amerasians in Vietnam
  • Growing up without a mother or father
  • Prejudice and discrimination
  • Adventurers and entrepreneurs
  • Amerasians in the United States
  • Adapting to life in the United States
  • Expectations and later adjustment
  • Disabled Amerasians
  • Searching for father
  • Conclusion.

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