| Document Type
|
:
|
BL
|
| Record Number
|
:
|
947354
|
| Doc. No
|
:
|
b701724
|
| Title & Author
|
:
|
Hmong means free : : life in Laos and America /\ edited and with an introduction by Sucheng Chan.
|
| Publication Statement
|
:
|
Philadelphia :: Temple University Press,, 1994.
|
| Series Statement
|
:
|
Asian American history and culture series
|
| Page. NO
|
:
|
xxv, 267 pages :: illustrations, maps, portraits ;; 24 cm.
|
| ISBN
|
:
|
1566391628
|
|
|
:
|
: 1566391636
|
|
|
:
|
: 9781566391627
|
|
|
:
|
: 9781566391634
|
| Bibliographies/Indexes
|
:
|
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-264).
|
| Abstract
|
:
|
Describes five Hmong families, in their own words, who lived as farmers in Laos, became refugees after a Communist government came into power in 1975, and immigrated to the United States, and the effects on their lives of leaving their homes and making a new identities.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Hmong (Asian people)-- Laos, Biography.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Hmong (Asian people)-- Laos-- History-- 20th century.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Hmong Americans-- California, Biography.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Immigrants-- California, Biography.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Hmong (Asian people)-- History-- 20th century.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Hmong Americans-- California-- Cultural assimilation.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Vietnam War, 1961-1975-- Personal narratives, Hmong.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Vietnam War, 1961-1975-- Laos.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
73.06 ethnography.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Erlebnisbericht
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Flüchtling
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Hmong (Asian people)
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Hmong Americans.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Immigrants.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Vietnamkrieg
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Hmong (volk)
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Migranten.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Vietnam-oorlog.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Laos, History, 20th century.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Laos, History, 20th century.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
California.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Laos.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Laos.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Miao.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
USA.
|
| Dewey Classification
|
:
|
959.404/092/2
|
| LC Classification
|
:
|
F870.H55H55 1994
|
|
|
:
|
DS558.8 .H56 1994
|
| NLM classification
|
:
|
959.4 C454h
|
|
|
:
|
73.06bcl
|
| Added Entry
|
:
|
Chan, Sucheng.
|